Piero della Francesca
Madonna and Child with Two Angels (the Senigallia Madonna)
c.1470 – 1485
Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino
Piero della Francesca: Personal Encounters The Metropolitan Museum hosts a focused presentation on the devotional paintings of Piero della Francesca, through a special collaboration with the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, and the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino. January 14 – March 30, 2014.]]>
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art
The four works on view have never before been brought together; the exhibition, therefore, promises to make an important contribution to the study of this major figure of the Renaissance. “Piero della Francesca: Personal Encounters” consists of the following paintings: “Saint Jerome and a Donor” from the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice; “Madonna and Child with Two Angels (the Senigallia Madonna)” from the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; “Saint Jerome in a Landscape” from the Gemaldegalerie, Berlin; and “Madonna and Child” from a private collection in New York.
The exhibition is made possible by the Foundation for Italian Art & Culture (FIAC). It was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with FIAC, in celebration of the opening of the New European Paintings Galleries, 1250-1800. The loan of the Madonna di Senigallia is by arrangement with the Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo and the Italian Carabinieri Command (CCTPC) and is part of 2013 – Italian Year of Culture in the United States.
“Piero della Francesca: Personal Encounters” is organized by Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Department of European Paintings, and Andrea Bayer, Curator of European Paintings, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition will be accompanied by a brief catalogue with essays written by Keith Christiansen. It will be published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and distributed by Yale University Press, and will be available for sale in the Museum’s book shops.
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