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European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection

Virgin Returning to the House of Her Parents

Predella panel from an altarpiece executed in collaboration with Matteo di Giovanni, in San Pietro Ovile, Siena; companion predella panels are in the John G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art (Cat. 107), and the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. 814); the main panels are in San Pietro Ovile, Siena

Made in Siena, Italy, Europe

c. 1455

Attributed to Giovanni di Pietro, also called Nanni di Pietro, Italian (active Siena), documented 1439-68, died before 1479

Tempera and tooled gold on panel with horizontal grain
9 1/2 x 18 1/8 inches (24.1 x 46 cm)

* Gallery 212, European Art 1100-1500, second floor

Cat. 108

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Label

This panel shows an incident recounted in The Golden Legend (c. 1267), a collection of sacred stories by a priest named Jacobo da Voragine (1230–1298) living in Genoa. He describes the Virgin returning home to her parents' house with a group of young women after her wedding.

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