COPPO DI MARCOVALDO
(b. ca. 1225, Firenze, d. ca. 1274, Siena)

Madonna del Bordone

1261
Tempera on wood, 225 x 125 cm
Santa Maria dei Servi, Siena

After the victory at Montaperti (on September 4, 1260) of the Ghibellines of Siena against the Guelfs of Florence, the Servites in Siena (Ghibellines fled from Florence) commissioned Coppo to paint this Madonna for the high altar of their church.