Artwork
Madonna and Child, Saints Jeronimo, Sebastian und a donor
Madonna and Child, Saints Jeronimo, Sebastian und a donor is an unspecified painting by the Early Renaissance artist Marco Basaiti. It dates from 1500 and is held in the collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The composition underscores themes of intercession and protection, with the saints acting as intermediaries between the donor and the divine figures.
The painting depicts the Virgin Mary seated with the Christ Child on her lap, accompanied by Saint Jerome and Saint Sebastian. Jerome is shown as a penitent scholar, while Sebastian appears with arrows, his traditional attribute indicating his martyrdom. A donor figure kneels in prayer, emphasizing personal devotion within a sacred context.
The composition underscores themes of intercession and protection, with the saints acting as intermediaries between the donor and the divine figures. Jerome's learning and Sebastian's steadfast martyrdom reflect contrasting virtues of wisdom and faith, reinforcing the painting's devotional purpose within Renaissance religious practice.
Technique & Style
This religious painting by Marco Basaiti, dated 1500, is classified as a painting held in the Bavarian State Painting Collections at the Alte Pinakothek. The work is executed on a horizontal support measuring 67 cm in height by 103.8 cm in width. It depicts the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, Saint Jerome, and Saint Sebastian alongside a donor figure, consistent with the devotional conventions of Italian Renaissance religious art.
No further technical details regarding medium, specific materials, condition, or stylistic handling are documented in the available sources.
History & Provenance
Marco Basaiti created this religious painting in the year 1500. The work depicts the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child alongside Saints Jerome and Sebastian, as well as an unidentified donor figure, and measures 67 cm in height by 103.8 cm in width.
The artwork is held within the collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections and is housed at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, where it remains part of the institution's holdings of Renaissance religious art.
Context
Scholarship situates the work within the Venetian school's religious output around 1500, reflecting Marco Basaiti's devotional imagery and his stylistic connections to contemporaries such as Giovanni Bellini. The artwork belongs to the broader tradition of early 16th-century Venetian devotional pictures combining the Virgin and Child with attendant saints for both spiritual and artistic purposes. It remains part of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, housed in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.
Overview
Created circa 1500 by the Venetian painter Marco Basaiti, this tempera panel presents a modestly sized devotional grouping. The central figure is the Virgin holding the infant Christ, accompanied by two male saints and a kneeling donor. The composition occupies a shallow, dimly lit space, with a muted landscape visible through a distant window.
Artist & collection
Artist
Marco Basaiti (c. 1470 – 1530) was a Venetian painter of the Renaissance who worked mainly in Venice and was a contemporary of Giovanni Bellini and Cima da Conegliano. He has been referred to by several names including…
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