Louvre RF 2089

Maestro di San Martino a Mensola's Louvre RF 2089 (1425) demonstrates the vitality of fifteenth-century Italian painting in the early fifteenth century, a transformative period in European art. Maestro di San Martino a Mensola approaches the subject with distinctive artistic vision, producing a work of both technical accomplishment and expressive power. The early 1400s witnessed a flourishing of artistic workshops across Europe, from the courts of Burgundy to the guild-halls of Florence, all contributing to the transformation of painting.

Executed with skilled technique and attention to careful observation, the work reveals Maestro di San Martino a Mensola's characteristic approach to composition and surface. The treatment of light and the careful modulation of color create visual richness within a unified pictorial scheme.