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La Madonna della Rondine (The Madonna of the Swallow)

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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This large panel comes from an altarpiece painted in 1491 by Carlo Crivelli. It was made for the Ottoni family chapel in the Franciscan church at Matelica, in the Italian Marches.

The Virgin, to whom the chapel was dedicated, appears crowned as the Queen of Heaven, with the Christ Child on her knee. The saints on either side of her reflect the concerns of the patrons, one a churchman, the other a soldier: Saint Jerome was the patron of scholars and theologians, while Sebastian was the patron of soldiers. The swallow of the title, a symbol of Christ’s Resurrection, perches above Mary’s head.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

La Madonna della Rondine (The Madonna of the Swallow)

Date

after 1490

Medium

Egg and oil on poplar

Measurements

H 150.5 x W 107.3 cm

Accession number

NG724.1

Acquisition method

Bought, 1862

Work type

Painting

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