ANTONIO DA FIRENZE
(active in the first half of the 15th century)

Madonna and Child with Saints

1400-50
Tempera on wood, 151 x 85 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The picture shows one side of a panel painted on both sides. The other side represents the Crucifixion with Mary and St John the Evangelist. The inscription at the foot of the throne can be read as "Antonius. De Florentia". It is assumed that the painter was Antonio di Jacopo whose name can be found on the list of the members of the painters' guild from 1415.

The double-sided work was meant to be carried in religious processions.