Sant'Ambrogio Altarpiece (Botticelli)

Madonna and Child with Six Saints

Artist	Sandro Botticelli
Year	c. 1470
Medium	Tempera on panel
Dimensions	167 cm × 195 cm (66 in × 77 in)
Location	Uffizi, Florence

The Madonna and Child with Six Saints, also known as Sant'Ambrogio Altarpiece, is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli, finished around 1470. It is housed in the Galleria degli Uffizi, in Florence.

It portrays the Virgin enthroned with the saints Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist, Francis, Catherine of Alexandria and, kneeling, Cosmas and Damian (patrons of the House of Medici). It is in fact most likely^[1] that the latter are portraits of Medici members. Lorenzo il Magnifico and his brother Giuliano have been considered.

References

↑ http://www.artonline.it/opera.asp?IDOpera=270

External links

Page at artonline.it (in Italian)

Sandro Botticelli
Secular	Fortitude Primavera Pallas and the Centaur Venus and Mars The Birth of Venus Calumny of Apelles Divine Comedy Illustrated by Botticelli (manuscript) The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts The Story of Virginia The Story of Lucretia
Religious	Sant'Ambrogio Altarpiece Adoration of the Magi (Uffizi) St. Sebastian Saint Augustine in His Study (Ognissanti) Sistine Chapel: Temptations of Christ, Youth of Moses and Punishment of the Sons of Corah Cestello Annunciation Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Munich) Saint Augustine in His Study (Uffizi) Holy Trinity (Pala delle Convertite) Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Milan) The Last Communion of Saint Jerome The Mystical Nativity Scenes from the Life of Saint Zenobius
Madonnas	Madonna and Child with an Angel Madonna della Loggia Madonna and Child Madonna in Glory with Seraphim Madonna of the Rosegarden (Madonna del Roseto) Madonna and Child and Two Angels Virgin and Child with an Angel Madonna of the Magnificat (Madonna del Magnificat) Madonna of the Book (Madonna del Libro) Madonna of the Pomegranate (Madonna della Melagrana) Madonna Adoring the Child with Five Angels Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist The Virgin and Child with Three Angels (Madonna del Padiglione)
Portraits	Portrait of Smeralda Brandini Young Man (London) Portrait of a Man with a Medal of Cosimo the Elder Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici Young Man (Washington, D.C.) Young Woman (Frankfurt) Young Man (Palazzo Pitti)
Related	Botticelli Inferno (2016 documentary)

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