ANDREA DA FIRENZE
(active 1343-1377, Firenze)

Madonna and Child with Saints

1360-62
Wood
Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

The represented saints are Leonard, Nicholas, John the Baptist, and Elijah. The Carmelites regarded Elijah as the founder of the Carmelite Order. In the right-hand, lateral panel of this altarpiece Elijah appears endowed with a halo and wearing the Carmelite habit with the black robe and white hooded cloak.




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