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Summary

Master of Beautiful Madonnas: Madonna and Child (Beautiful Madonna). (

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Artist

Master of Beautiful Madonnas (fl. 13^th century date QS:P,+1250–00–00T00:00:00Z/7 / 14^th century date QS:P,+1350–00–00T00:00:00Z/7 )
Alternative names	Master of the Toruń Madonna; Master of the Krumlov Madonna; Master of the Beautiful Madonnas; Master of the Schönen Madonnen
Description	Bohemian painter and sculptor
Work period	13^th century date QS:P,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 / 14^th century date QS:P,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location	Prague (?)
Authority file	: Q59276561 VIAF: 74656116 ISNI: 0000000082661443 ULAN: 500015214 LCCN: nr90021082 WorldCat

Title

Madonna and Child (Beautiful Madonna).

Date

circa 1390

Medium

polychromy on gaize

Dimensions

113 × 47.5 × 32 cm (44.4 × 18.7 × 12.5 in)

Collection

National Museum in Warsaw

	Native name	Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
	Location	Warsaw
	Coordinates	52° 13′ 54″ N, 21° 01′ 29″ E
	Established	20 May 1862
	Website	www.mnw.art.pl
	Authority file	: Q153306 VIAF: 155350218 ISNI: 0000000122540874 LCCN: n50052919 NLA: 36307256 GND: 1008386-8 WorldCat

Current location

ground floor

Accession number

Śr.8

Object history

15^th century: transferred to St. Elizabeth's Church, Wrocław
19^th century: transferred to Silesian Museum of Decorative Arts and Antiquities, Wrocław
1946: transferred to National Museum in Warsaw (MNW)

Notes

This type of figure, with a specific expression, is known as a Beautiful Madonna, an example of the south-eastern variant of the International Gothic style in its most delicate form.

References

www.pinterest.co.uk

cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl

Source/Photographer

Own work

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