Madonna and Child with Saints
by CONTI, Francesco, Oil on canvas, 200 x 117 cm
The painter’s artistic maturity reached its heights with what is considered his masterpiece: the Madonna and Child with St Sylvester the Pope, St Paul and St Catherine of Alexandria, carried out in 1738 on a commission from the Rucellai family for the Church of Sant’Andrea at Montecarlo, Lucca. The clever use of light in this painting unites the figures in a masterly composition.