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The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin

before 1402
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305
From its original location behind the altar of the Trinity at Florence cathedral, this image would have been visible across the entire length of the church. Mary, holding her breast, says to Jesus, "Dearest son, because of the milk that I gave you, have mercy on them." Jesus, touching the wound in his side, gazes up and asks, "My father, let those be saved for whom you wished me to suffer the Passion" as God the Father sends the Dove of the Holy Spirit down from Heaven.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin
  • Artist: Attributed to Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florence (?) ca. 1370–1425 Florence (?))
  • Date: before 1402
  • Geography: Made in Florence, Tuscany, Italy
  • Culture: Italian
  • Medium: Tempera on canvas
  • Dimensions: Overall: 94 1/4 x 60 1/4 x 1 in. (239.4 x 153 x 2.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings-Canvas
  • Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.37
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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Three Virtues (Temperance, Hope, and Fortitude or Justice) and Studies of a Seated Man, Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) Italian, Metalpoint, touches of brush and brown wash, heightened with white (partially oxidized in the figure at the lower left), on reddish violet prepared paper. Some lines retraced in pen and brown ink at a later date., Italian, Florence
Three Virtues (Temperance, Hope, and Fortitude or Justice) and Studies of a Seated Man
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Last Judgment in an Initial C, Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) Italian, Tempera and gold on parchment
Last Judgment in an Initial C
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The Crucified Christ between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist, Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) Italian, Tempera on wood, gold ground
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The Nativity, Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) Italian, Tempera on wood, gold ground
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Abraham, Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) Italian, Tempera on wood, gold ground
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