FRANCESCO D'ANTONIO DI BARTOLOMMEO
(b. ca. 1393, Firenze, d. after 1433, Firenze)

Madonna and Child with Music-Making Angels

1420s
Tempera on panel, gold ground, 148 x 128 cm
Private collection

This painting, like many of the artist's works, shows the influence of Masaccio, Masolino and Fra Angelico. Music-making angels are characteristic of Francesco d'Antonio's works and they also appear on his organ shutters of 1429 from Orsanmichele, now in the Accademia in Florence.