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| Category | Painting |
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| Origin: artist/workshop | Francisco Botticini (1446-97) |
| Date | 15C/4 |
| Reference No | Inv 590 |
| Size | 188x177 |
| Provenance | Cistercian monastery of Cistello, Florence |
| Present Location | Paris, Louvre |
| Bibliography | Venturini 1994, 121 |
| Louvre Catalogue 1979, 157; Schmitt 1990, 159 | |
| Illustration From | Venturini 1994, pl 6 |
| Other illustrations | Huempfner 1927, 1:30 |
| Country | Italy |
| Description: |
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| Painted by Francesco Botticini for the altar of the Cavalcanti chapel built in 1490 in the Cistercian church of Cistello, to-day Santa Maria Magdalena. The Virgin with Child is flanked by St Mary Magdalen on the left and Bernard on the right and surrounded by angels and cherubs. Bernard has 'tuft'. |