Giorgione, Castelfranco Madonna01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART — Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes — 130

Giorgione (1477/8–1510)
Castelfranco Madonna/ Madonna da Castelfranco, c. 1504
The Madonna and Child Between St. Francis and St. Nicasius
Oil on Canvas
200 x 152 cm
Cathedral of San Liberale, Castelfranco

Commissioned by Tuzio Constanzo, a member of the Order of Malta, the Castelfranco Madonna was produced in memory of his son, Matteo. Tuzio was a condottiero, one of the warlords of Italian city-states during the late Middle Ages. His son died, probably whilst serving him, for the Republic of Venice in the early 1500s. He was killed in a place called Serenissima and this artwork, together with a family chapel, was created in his honor…

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