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Madonna Salting

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Original – Antonello da Messina was one of Sicily's best known painters - but his works shows strong influences from Early Netherlandishs painting. Why nobody knows. The love of exquisite details is anyway, there. The pomegranate is symbolizing the Passion of Christ

Reason

Unusual Madonna by the Italian Renaissance master Antonello da Messina. The name derives from the collector George Salting, the donor who gave the painting to the National Gallery, London, in 1910. The golden crown above her head with the two angels; one wearing a red robe, the other one a green robe, with the funny wings is indicating a depiction of her as the Queen of Heaven.

Articles in which this image appears

Salting Madonna (Antonello da Messina)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Antonello da Messina

• Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 23:02, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Unusual and interesting painting. CorinneSD (talk) 23:45, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Good scan; like how you can see the cracks. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:52, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support Yes, very unusual. I like it. WordSeventeen (talk) 02:37, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support Fantastic and high quality.__Alborzagros (talk) 10:50, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support – SchroCat (talk) 15:19, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Wow. Nice. HullIntegrity^\ talk / 12:15, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Antonello da messina, madonna salting.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:03, 20 April 2015 (UTC)