The Marriage of the Virgin (Michelino da Besozzo)
| Marriage of the Virgin | |
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| Artist | Michelino da Besozzo |
| Year | c. 1435 |
| Medium | Tempera on panel |
| Dimensions | 65.1 cm × 47.6 cm (25.6 in × 18.7 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
The Marriage of the Virgin is a painting by the Italian late medieval painter Michelino da Besozzo, dating from c. 1435 and housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York.
It is the artist's only certain one alongside Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine in the Pinacoteca Nazionale at Siena.
Description
The painting depicts the
Raphael's
.
The scene is set in a portico, with limited use of gold in the background, showing that is a late work by Michelino.
Sources
- L'arte italiana. Florence: Giunti. 2000. ISBN 88-09-01770-6.