Puccio’s Madonna and Child with music-making angels originally formed the center of a larger ensemble flanked by images of Saint Paul and Saint Sebastian. His style reveals a strong debt to Bernardo Daddi, a pupil of Giotto who became one of the most important painters in Florence during the first half of the fourteenth century. As opposed to following the miniaturist tendencies of his master, however, Puccio preferred squarely defined, substantive forms that inhabit space. He excelled in modeling the flesh of figures, which is tender and luminous, and in creating the vivid and loving expressions shared between the Madonna and the Infant Christ.
Details
- Artist Name: Puccio di Simone (Italian, active c.1343-c.1362)
- Title: Madonna and Child with Angels
- Date: c. 1350
- Medium: Tempera on panel
- Dimensions: 38 x 22-1/2 in. (96.5 x 57.2 cm)
- Credit Line: The Norton Simon Foundation
- Accession Number: F.1965.1.046.P
- Copyright: © The Norton Simon Foundation
Object Information
R. Langton Douglas (1864-1951), London, sold by 1922 to;
Philip Lehman, New York.
Henry R. Ickelheimer (1868-1940), New York, by inheritance to;
Pauline Lehman (Mrs. Henry R.) Ickelheimer (sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, 10 May 1950, lot 187, as Umbrian School, XIV Century, Madonna with Angels, to);
[Duveen Bros., New York, stock no. 30126, as Allegretto Nuzi, c. 1350, sold 1965 to];
The Norton Simon Foundation.
The Expressive Body: Memory, Devotion, Desire (1400-1750)
- Norton Simon Museum, 2021-10-15 to 2022-03-07
Art of Tuscany: Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
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Exhibition of Early Italian Art from 1300 to 1550
- London, New Gallery, 1893 to 1894
Lock, Stock and Barrel: Norton Simon's Purchase of Duveen Brothers Gallery
- Norton Simon Museum, 2014-10-24 to 2015-02-16
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