Keywords: Carlo Crivelli - Madonna and Child with Saints and Donor - Walters 37593.jpg Mary's crown and the elegance of her dress reinforce the status of the embracing Virgin and Child as Queen and King of Heaven The unknown donor-the little figure in the lower left corner-belonged to the Franciscan Order founded by St Francis of Assisi The initials FBDA might stand for Fra Bernardino da Ancona Brother Bernardino of Ancona St Francis is standing to the left of the Madonna and Child and on the right is another Franciscan St Bernadino of Siena holding his attribute the plaque inscribed with Christ's initials surrounded by the rays of the sun This altarpiece was almost certainly made for a private oratory or chapel in a convent in the Marches eastern-central Italy where Crivelli was active The panel displays Crivelli's original style of employing sharp outlines splendid surface textures and striking illusionist effects such as the cushion on which Christ stands that seems to extend into the viewer's space Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 163 242-243 ca 1485 1490 Renaissance tempera oil panel Painted surface H 38 9/16 x W 32 3/16 x D excluding cradle 9/16 in 98 x 81 8 x 1 5 cm accession number 37 593 33328 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome prior to 1897 mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 397 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Transcription Inscribed in the lower left F B D A God's Minstrel St Francis of Assisi The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1982 The Taste of Maryland Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 place of origin Marche Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Madonnas by Carlo Crivelli Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Eleusa |