Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Jerome
Francesco Francia
1500–10 · Tempera on wood · European Paintings
Dating from about 1500–1510, this fine picture exemplifies the "sweetness and harmony of coloring" that made Francia a precursor of High Renaissance art. As with his contemporaries Perugino and Bellini, Francia was especially admired for what has been called a "devotional style" of painting, in which the refinement and delicacy of the technique and the serenity of the expressions made the picture an ideal focus for meditation and prayer.
- Artist
- Francesco Francia
- Date
- 1500–10
- Medium
- Tempera on wood
- Department
- European Paintings
- Credit line
- Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
