Today, this polychrome stucco relief is found in the Fondazione Salvatore Romano. It is dated to the first half of the fifteenth century. Restoration has revealed traces of gilding in Mary's hair, along her robe, and the ...

This polychromed stone sculpture, found today in the Fondazione Salvatore Romano, is dated to the early fifteenth century. The work was likely created for a Franciscan community, which is suggested by the presence of St. ...

Francesco di Valdambrino, Jacopo della Quercia, and other Sienese artists made many of these pairs of large (almost life-size) statues of the Angel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary, possibly to stand in niches on either side ...

This sculpture, now a bust housed in the Casa Museo Rodolfo Siviero in Florence, was cut down in the nineteenth century from what was likely a full-length statue of a female saint. Given the downcast eyes and red dress, ...

This painted wood statue of the Annunciate Virgin was long thought to be the work of Nino Pisano (active in the late trecento), but then a cleaning in 1947 revealed the following inscription: A. A. MCCCXXI. AGUSTINUS ...

This painted wood sculpture of the Virgin Annunciate (from Santa Maria del Carmine, Pisa, and now in the Museo di San Matteo, Pisa) has been attributed to an artist that scholars call the Maestro di Montefoscoli, because ...

This poorly statue in the Museo di San Matteo in Pisa is missing the left arm and part of the right, and only has polychrome partially preserved on the face and neck. Bare wood, stucco, and what look like worm holes attest ...

This painted wood sculpture has been attributed to Tommaso Pisano, because of its similarity to known works by the artist. It was made for the Convent of San Matteo in Pisa and is now in the Museo di San Matteo. This could ...

This glazed terracotta lunette of the Madonna and Child with angels, along with the glazed terracotta ornament on the barrel vault above, was commissioned in 1504 , brought to Pistoia in July 1505, and installed by the ...

This magnificent image of the Madonna enthroned with baby Jesus regally dressed and blessing, comes from a church in Castello di Barbialla (in the Val d'Evola) and is currently in the Cathedral of Volterra. The Madonna and ...