Domenico Panetti, Madonna and Child with Two Donors
Dominic Panetti (c. 1475 – 1512) Madonna and Child and two donors, c. 1497-1500 Tempera grassa on board Museo della Cattedrale, inv. MC057 The panel painting depicting the Madonna and Child and two donors, which adorned one of the side altars of the ancient cathedral although its original location is still unknown today, is […]
Antonio Rossellino, Madonna and Child
Antonio Rossellino (Settignano 1427 – Florence 1479) Madonna and Child, 1460-61 Carrara marble Museo della Cattedrale, on deposit from the church of San Domenico in Ferrara by concession of the FEC (Fondo Edifici di Culto) of the Ministry of the Interior La Madonna and Child by Antonio Rossellino, on deposit from the church of […]
Cosmè Tura, The Organ Doors
Cosmè Tura (Ferrara, c. 1433 – 1495) The princess e St. George slays the dragon; Announcing angel e Virgin Announced, 1469 Tempera grassa on canvas Museo della Cattedrale, invv. MC053-MC056 The ancient organ of Ferrara Cathedral, made by the celebrated friar Giovanni da Mercatello, was placed in the center of the apse and was enclosed […]
Jacopo della Quercia, Madonna of the Pomegranate
Jacopo della Quercia (Siena 1374 – 1438) Our Lady of the Pomegranate, 1403-06 Carrara marble Museo della Cattedrale, inv. MC036 The Madonna of the Pomegranate, by Jacopo della Quercia, is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of 15th-century Italian sculpture. Commissioned in 1403 by the executors of Virgilio Silvestri’s will, the majestic work was placed […]
Master of the Months, Grape Harvest (Month of September)
Master of the Months (active c. 1220-1250) Grape harvest (September) , c. 1225-30 Verona Stone Museo della Cattedrale, inv. MC045 The famous tile with the grape harvest, unanimously interpreted as depicting the month of September, is part of the series of sculptures from the ancient Porta dei Pellegrini, also known as the Porta dei Mesi, […]