Triptych Madonna and Child Enthroned and Saints on a gold background.
Triptych Madonna and Child Enthroned and Saints on a gold background.
St. Agnes and Saint Donatus Bishop of Arezzo.
Painting by Silvia Salvadori in the Duccio style. Original painting technique of the Sienese school.
The triptych is also painted on the back and has a beautiful faux marble finish.
Triptychs or travel triptychs were often made in the Middle Ages on a pure gold background and painted using the technique of the Sienese school of painting.
This small triptych is distinguished by the details on it that are executed with extreme precision. Each decoration on the pure gold has been executed by burin, and the burins are the same as those used in the technique of the Sienese panel icons and by Duccio di Buoninsegna in Siena.
The pure gold is a 23 karat spread with gouache and finely engraved with a burin. The technique used is the same as that employed by Duccio di Buoninsegna and Simone Martini.
The drape covering the throne of the Virgin Mary is finely interwoven with thin sheets of gold to form a sumptuous golden brocade.
The Triptych is a unique piece from Silvia Salvadori's collection.
Categories: Sienese Middle Ages
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