ID: 700009689 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009689	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1 2

Virgin and Child (paintings, panel (paintings by form); Masaccio (1401 - 1428/9?); executed in 1426; National Gallery (London, Greater London, England, United Ki...; NG3046)

Note: The painting is the central panel of a large winged altar executed for a chapel of the Carmelite Church in Pisa. The Virgin’s sturdy form, which looks similar to contemporary Florentine sculpture, casts a shadow against the carved throne. Christ’s body seems fleshy and three-dimensional; Masaccio has done this by showing how certain areas catch the light, painting them with a lighter tone. His ability to represent holy figures as though they were human was innovative and influential.

Titles:

Virgin and Child (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

paintings, panel (paintings by form) [300033656] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by form>)

altarpiece [300075940]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, religious visual works)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: executed in 1426

Creator Display:

Masaccio (1401 - 1428/9?) [preferred]

Masaccio (Italian painter, 1401-1428) [500026649]

Locations:

Other: Original: Pisa [7006082] Pisa province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: National Gallery (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500125190] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: NG3046

Credit Line: Bought with a contribution from the Art Fund, 1916

Display Materials: egg tempera on panel

	egg tempera [300015064]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint, tempera)

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

Dimensions: 134.8 x 73.5 cm

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Madonna and Child Enthroned [901001650]
	.....((Madonna and Child, Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Related Works:

	location is .... Santa Maria del Carmine [700009688]
	..........church (building); unknown Italian architects; 1324-1328

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Pisa Altarpiece

Sources and Contributors:
Virgin and Child	........ [VP]
	........ Gardner von Teuffel, Masaccio and Pisa Altarpiece (1977)
	........ National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-) https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/masaccio-the-virgin-and-child

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Gardner von Teuffel, Masaccio and Pisa Altarpiece (1977)
	..... National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-)