Medici alterpiece, Rogier van der Weyden, oil paining, c. 1453-1460, Städel Museum, Frankfurt
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4633 x 6101 px | 39.2 x 51.7 cm | 15.4 x 20.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
24 August 2022Location:
Städel Museum, FrankfurtMore information:
The Medici Madonna is an oil-on-panel painting by the Netherlandish artist Rogier van der Weyden, dating from around 1460–1464 and housed in the Städel, Frankfurt, Germany. In the foreground is a still life with the artist's typical attention to natural details. In the centre is a gilt metallic amphora, in which are several lilies: the white ones symbolize the Virgin's purity, while the red ones are another reference to Florence The work is known to have been commissioned by the Medici family in Florence, as testified by the Florentine coat of arms with a red lily at the center of the lower step. Rogier van der Weyden or Roger de la Pasture (1399 or 1400 – 18 June 1464) was an Early Netherlandish painter whose surviving works consist mainly of religious triptychs, altarpieces, and commissioned single and diptych portraits.