Virgin and Child Saints Francis and Sebastian Carlo Crivelli
Virgin and Child with Saints Francis and Sebastian, by Carlo Crivelli (1491)
The Virgin and Child with Saints Francis and Sebastian is a gothic tempera on Panel Painting created by Carlo Crivelli in 1491, performed in an early Renaissance style, and now alocated at the National Gallery, in London.
Carlo Crivelli was an important technical painter and a brilliant colourist. The artwork depicts the Virgin and Child enthroned between Saints Francis and Sebastian, and is made of egg and oil on poplar.
On the left of the painting we see St. Francis of Assissi, dressed in a simple robe and bearing the stigmata – wounds mimicking those of Christ – on his hands and feet. We also see a miniature depiction of the painting’s patron, Oradea Becchetti, who is being presented before the Virgin, by St. Francis.
On the right is St. Sebastian, tied to a column or stake, and pierced by the arrows of his martyrdom.
In the centre of the altarpiece sits the Virgin Mary on her marble throne, holding the infant Christ. Together they form the central panel of a particular type of altarpiece known as a sacra conversazione, a sacred ‘conversation’ between saints.
Other elements included are a pear, a peach or apple, a cucumber, a snail, and a broken arrow on the ground.
This image is a public domain image, which means either that copyright has expired in the image or the copyright holder has waived their copyright. Franciscan Gallery charges for the access to high resolution copy of the image.
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