European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Virgin and Child, with Saints Apollonia and Sebastian Altarpiece 1490s David Ghirlandaio (David Bigordi), Italian (active Florence), 1452 - 1525 Tempera on panel Currently not on view Cat. 65 John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
LabelThis is a typical Renaissance altarpiece in which saints and the Virgin and Child appear in a unified space. In Italian this type of arrangement is called the sacra conversazione (sacred conversation). The painter, David Ghirlandaio, worked in a family enterprise headed by his more famous brother Domenico. |
