Primitive Italian Fifteenth Century With Gold Background 1480

Madonna and child called "Virgin in Majesty" tempera on a gold background on poplar panel (27 x 21 cm) carved wooden frame, gilt and polychrome. Decor quatrefoil motifs (flowers) and interlacing. This rare small table of private devotion candle burns marks in the lower corners that indicates the Use this item. It is in the tradition of the Sienese school of the fifteenth century, a Virgin in Majesty. Seated on a throne, she holds the child up on his knees. Faces are particularly expressive and delicate. Technics tempera typical Italian Quattrocento using a primitive egg-based emulsion. Process in several layers, including skin tones: on a green layer called "verdaccio" (clearly visible on the face of the child) the modeling is made with brown shadows and local color more or less clear finishes the job. Background with gold leaf on red plate with incision of the drawing. Very good original condition. The later part dates from the seventeenth century.