Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels

The Pseudo-Pier Francesco Fiorentino painted this Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John and Angels around 1500. This anonymous Florentine painter, named after works once attributed to Pier Francesco Fiorentino, produced numerous devotional Madonnas for the domestic market. The workshop efficiently repeated successful compositions with minor variations. The tempera medium required careful preparation on a gessoed panel and a disciplined layering technique that produced precise, durable surfaces suited to the intricate detail expected of devotional painting.

Tempera on panel in the conservative Florentine workshop tradition, with gold-ground elements and careful linear drawing. The repetitive quality of the figures suggests use of workshop cartoons.