ISAIA DA PISA
(active 1447-1464 in Rome)

Orsini Madonna

1451
Marble
Sacre Grotte Vaticane, Rome

The marble high-relief Virgin and Child, known as the Orsini Madonna, can be identified with a commission of 1451 by Cardinal Pietro Barbo (the future Pope Paul II) in honour of his uncle Eugenius IV. It depicts the Virgin and Child between St Peter with Eugenius IV and St Paul with Cardinal Latino Orsini.