Antonello de Saliba, Virgin with the Child
1497Paintings sorted by Historical period | Painter | Subject matter | Pigments used
Red dress of Virgin
Carmin (kermes), vermilion with added ground glass
Red colar
vermilion
Blue garment of Virgin
Ultramarine with added ground glass
Blue sky
Azurite and lead white
Golden halos of Virgin and Child
Gold
Yellow throne
Yellow ochre and lead-tin-yellow
Pigment analysis: Hover the mouse over the white points to learn about the pigments used at this spot.
Overview
Medium: Oil
Support: Wood
Size: 125.5 × 76.5 cm
Art period: Renaissance
Museo Civico del Castello Ursino, Catania (Sicily, Italy)
Painting
The wood panel is the central part of a polyptych originally ordered by Giovanni Coco for the church and monastery S. Maria delle Grazie in Catanzaro, later S. Teresa dell’Osservanza. The other parts of the polyptych are lost.
Pigments in this painting have been analyzed using the X-ray fluorescence method (XRF) and the pigment analysis is based on the following publication:
Hellen Cristine dos Santos et al., Real-time MA-XRF imaging spectroscopy of the Virgin with the Child painted
by Antonello de Saliba in 1497, Microchemical Journal 140 (2018) 96–104.
Overview
Medium: Oil
Support: Wood
Size: 125.5 × 76.5 cm
Art period: Renaissance
Museo Civico del Castello Ursino, Catania (Sicily, Italy)
Painting
The wood panel is the central part of a polyptych originally ordered by Giovanni Coco for the church and monastery S. Maria delle Grazie in Catanzaro, later S. Teresa dell’Osservanza. The other parts of the polyptych are lost.
Pigment analysis
Pigments used in this painting
Resources
Videos
Video: 'Antonello de Saliba' by Parrocchia Santa Maria di Gesù - Catania
Publications and Websites
Publications
(1) Hellen Cristine dos Santos et al., Real-time MA-XRF imaging spectroscopy of the Virgin with the Child painted
by Antonello de Saliba in 1497, Microchemical Journal 140 (2018) 96–104.
