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  • Title: St. Margaret and Mary Magdalene with Maria Portinari
  • Creator: Hugo van der Goes, painter
  • Description: In the foreground are Maria Baroncelli and Margherita, the wife and daughter of Tommaso Portinari, who commissioned this altarpiece. Maria and Margherita kneel in prayer before the Adoration scene (center panel, not pictured). Behind them are the women's sainted namesakes: St. Margaret standing on her attribute, the dragon, and Mary Magdalene holding her attribute, the ointment jar.
  • Source: Wikimedia Commons: Web Gallery of Art #9712
  • Rights: Public domain
  • Subject (See Also): Donor Portraits Margaret of Antioch, Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Portinari Family
  • Geographic Area: Low Countries
  • Century: 15
  • Date: ca. 1475
  • Related Work: Full view of the triptych is available from Earlham College: http://legacy.earlham.edu/~vanbma/20th%20century/images/AAFUTAN0.jpg
  • Current Location: Florence, Uffizi Gallery
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  • Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Paintings
  • Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Oil; Wood
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  • Height/Width/Length(cm): 253/141/
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