Madonna and Child

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The Master of the Saint Verdiana Panel
Italian, active 1390-1415

Madonna and Child with Six Saints, ca. 1390

Tempera on panel

Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 58.49

St. Verdiana, a recluse who achieved fame by taming
two large serpents, is the tallest of the three adoring
saints on the left. She is an unusual subject and has
been used to identify the anonymous artist who
made this painting.