Virgin and Child Enthroned between Saints Cecilia and Catherine of Ale

A seated Virgin in blue and red robes holds the Christ Child, who reaches toward the viewer, on a marble throne. To the left stands a woman in a green mantle, and to the right a crowned saint in red holds a palm frond. Mountains and a hilltop town fill the background of this tempera painting on parchment.

Look closer: The signature FRANCISCVS MORONVS is inscribed on the front of the stone plinth below the throne.

Artist

Francesco Morone

Date

ca. 1510–15

Medium

Tempera on parchment; Underdrawing in sepia ink

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2676 × 3722 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975