File:Virgin of the Misericordia, ca. 1445 - 50 - Victoria and Albert Museum, London.jpg

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Bartolomeo Bon: Virgin and Child with kneeling members of the Guild of the Misericordia  wikidata:Q92337044 reasonator:Q92337044
Artist
Bartolomeo Bon  (1407–1464) wikidata:Q739267
 
Alternative names
Bartolomeo, the Elder Bon; Bartolommeo Buon; Bartolomeo Veneziano; Bartolomeo Bono; Bartolomeo di Giovanni Bono; Bartolomeo, the elder Buon; Bartolomeo Buon
Description Italian sculptor and architect
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata 1464 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Venice Venice
Work location
Venice (1422–1464) Edit this at Wikidata
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Title
Virgin and Child with kneeling members of the Guild of the Misericordia
label QS:Len,"Virgin and Child with kneeling members of the Guild of the Misericordia"
label QS:Lde,"Madonna der Barmherzigkeit mit Kind und Knieenden Mitgliedern der Scuola Vecchia della Misercordia"
Object type relief sculpture Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: 9 praying members of the Scuola Vecchia di Santa Maria della Misericordia in Venice are seeking shelter under the virgin's mantle, which is supported by angels on both sides. The virgin is surrounded by prophets in the tree of Jesse. In their scrolls the coming of Christ is announced, who is depicted as a naked child blessing within a mandorla on the virgin's breast
Date from 1445 until 1450
date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1445-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium
English: Relief carved out of six blocks of Istrian stone
Dimensions 251.5 × 208.3 × 50 cm (99 × 82 × 19.6 in), Weight: 6932 kg
institution QS:P195,Q213322
Current location
room 50a Medieval and Renaissance case WN, shelf EXP
Accession number
25-1882
Place of creation
English: tympanum over the principal doorway of the Scuola Vecchia di Santa Maria della Misericordia in Venice
References Victoria and Albert Museum
Source/Photographer Own work
English: modern photograph of an out of copyright work by Bartolomeo Bon with thanks to the V&A for allowing photography
Jonathan Cardy Taken on 16 July 2011

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