Sacred Conversation (Q3944451)

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genre: religious art (Q2864737)
artist: Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (Q8453)
collection: Pinacoteca di Brera (Q150066)
location: Pinacoteca di Brera (Q150066)
main subject: sacra conversazione (Q370665)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
depicts: Virgin Mary (Q345) woman (Q467) Christ Child (Q942467) boy (Q3010) Mary Magdalene (Q63070) waist-length hair (Q14130) mother (Q7560) Saint Sebastian (Q183332) Roch (Q152457) John the Baptist (Q40662)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)

catalog URL: https://pinacotecabrera.org/en/collezione-online/opere/madonna-and-child-enthroned-between-saints-sebastian-john-the-baptist-mary-magdalen-roch-and-the-donors/

information from the Pinacoteca di Brera catalog

description: In this youthful work by Cima, the Virgin and saints are accompanied by the patrons, portrayed as tiny figures in accordance with medieval usage where one’s size mirrored one’s rank in the pecking order. Some of the figures wear the white hood and habit of the Flagellants. The single scene is hosted under an open canopy allowing the artist to depict the natural world and to convey the light effects achieved by different hues, a ploy of which Venetian painters were especially fond.

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