Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels Copy of Sacred Art Icon Painting - Limited Edition of 2

Technical Aspect: The work was created on a poplar wood support: all workmanship is exclusively manual. The support was then impannato (cencio), chalked and sanded. Finally, I prepared the bolus and covered the support with pure gold leaves (23 kt). The painting was obtained using pigments and egg tempera. Artistic Aspect: This icon is a reproduction of the work by Lippo Memmi Madonna and Child with Angels and Saints (around 1350, Sienese school) kept in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. I made it following the antique techniques described by Cennino Cennini, in his "Libro dell'Arte" . What inspires all the icons I reproduce is the desire to relive, with wisdom and humanity, what the artists of the Gothic-Renaissance period felt when they created their works, for devotion or on commission. In Christian iconography, starting around the end of the 13th century, the term 'In Maestà' is used to identify the large panels depicting the Madonna enthroned with the Child on her lap surrounded by angels. With my reproduction I want to feel and convey all the greatness that comes from having recreated this work, step by step, in detail.