Nardo di Cione
Nardo di Cione (died c. 1366) was an Italian
Life
The Di Cione brothers collaborated on a number of works from their studio together, including the decorations from the
Of Nardo's independently attributed works is his Crucifixion, a central panel of a tabernacle. In the predella of the piece are depictions of Saints Jerome, James the Less, Saint Paul, James the Great and Saint Peter the Martyr. The work is of unknown origin, but was acquired from the
There is also Nardo's Standing Madonna with Child, executed sometime in the 1350s. This piece has been noted of works created in Florence after the ravages of the bubonic plague of 1348, where religious art was commissioned in order to bring spiritual relief to the survivors.[2] This Standing Madonna is very similar to the surviving work of Nardo’s smaller devotional pieces for the home, one of which is housed in the National Gallery of Art, Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and John the Evangelist.[3]
References
- ^ "Nardo di Cione", Grove Dictionary of Art
- ^ "Standing Madonna with Child". Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
- ^ "Madonna and Child with Sts Peter and John the Evangelist", Kren and Marx, Web Gallery of Art, 2007