Jacopo di CIONE (documented in Florence from 1365... Lot 20

Jacopo di CIONE (documented in Florence from 1365 to 1398, died before 1400) The Virgin and Child on the throne between St. John the Baptist, St. Peter, St. Anthony, St. Anthony Abbot and St. Anthony of Padua. Panel curved at the top, of poplar, one plank, not parquet flooring Height. 64,5 Width. 44 cm. (old restorations, unframed). Provenance: old collection from Montpellier; by descent. Rare Virgin with Child enthroned between four saints. Oil on panel by Jacopo di Cione, Florentine artist of the Trecento. Extensions on rouillac.com : - essay "Une Vierge peinte par un artiste des vies de Vasari" by Jacques Farran, auctioneer, - essay "Métamorphose" by Philippe Rouillac. In front of a green-yellow drapery strewn with golden star motifs bordered by a red festoon, fictitiously fixed to the edges of the panel, the crowned Virgin is seen standing dressed in a white dress and a blue coat veiling her head. She is seated on an important central throne with only the pedestal in the foreground and keeps the Child seated on her knees. On either side, the saints, grouped two by two, recognizable by their physical type and attributes, are standing. The Child dressed in a blue dress and a pink mantle tries to attract the attention of his Mother by staring at her and clinging to her veil. Many of the features found in this touching work of devotion, of which this is the first appearance, link it to the Florentine school of the 14th century: The predominant presence of Saint John the Baptist, patron saint of Florence, the imposing figure of the Madonna recalling the Giottesque tradition, the drapery serving as the back of the throne, a decorative motif particularly prized by Bernardo Daddi, Giotto's pupil, all these elements were taken up again in the second half of the 14th century after the Great Plague of 1348 by artists anxious to maintain this tradition. It is to one of the latter, Jacopo di Cione, that we probably owe the execution of this panel. Younger brother of