Madonna and Child (also known as the Stroclet Madonna or Stroganoff Madonna) is a panel painting by Italian Renaissance artist Duccio di Buoninsegna. Painted in tempera and gold on wood panel around the year 1300, it depicts Mary, the mother of Jesus holding the infant Jesus. It is approximately 8 in wide by 11 in tall. from http://www. ... The Ghent Altarpiece: The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, interior view, 1432. ... The Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement in Europe from the end of the 14th century to about 1600. ... Maestà (Madonna with Angels and Saints) (1308-11) Tempera on wood, 214 x 412 cm Museo dellOpera del Duomo, Siena Duccio di Buoninsegna (c. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A 1367 tempera on wood by Niccolò Semitecolo. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... Saint Mary and Saint Mary the Virgin both redirect here. ... Jesus (8-2 BC/BCE — 29-36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ...

In November 2004 the painting was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City (Met) for more than 45 million dollars, the most expensive purchase ever by the museum. It was the first Duccio acquired by the Met, which bought the painting from a private collector in order to close a gap in its permanent collection of Renaissance painting. Works by Duccio, who is considered the pre-eminent painter of Siena in the early Renaissance, are extremely rare, with only a dozen or so known to survive; before the Met's purchase this was the last piece still in private hands. The painting is one of the few Duccio's known to be created as an individual work of art, and not part of an ensemble. The central lobby of the museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as The Met, is one of the worlds largest and most important art museums, located on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan, New York, United States. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. ...

The painting is sometimes called the Stoclet Madonna, from Adolphe Stoclet, its second recorded owner, who was a Belgian industrialist in the early 20th century. The Met refers to the painting as the Stroganoff Madonna from its first recorded owner, Count Grigorii Stroganoff, a serious collector of early Italian paintings who died in Rome in 1910. Stroclet acquired the painting after Stroganoff's death. After Stroclet and his wife died in 1949, the painting was willed to their son, Jacques. His four daughters inherited the painting from his widow in 2001. Through a sale arranged by Christie's, the daughters transferred ownership to the Met. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Business magnate. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Christies Auction Room in London circa 1808. ...

Controversy

James Beck, Professor of Art History at Columbia University in New York, believes that Duccio’s Madonna and Child, which the Met dates to 1300, is the work of a 19th century artist. He points to the low quality of the painting and elements of content that had not yet appeared in artwork of that period. Professor Beck said: "We are asked to believe that the modest little picture represents a leap into the future of Western painting by establishing a plane in front of Mary and the Child. This feature, a characteristic of Renaissance not Medieval pictures, occurs only a hundred years after the presumptive date of the picture ...". In September 2006 Beck will be publishing his conclusions in a book, The Crisis of Connoisseurship. Keith Christiansen, the Met's curator, disagrees: "What everyone else sees as a sign of quality and innovation, [Beck] sees as weakness. There is no reason to doubt the period and authenticity of the picture."[1] Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ...

References

• Tomkins, C. (July 11 & July 18, 2005). "The Missing Madonna: The story behind the Met's most expensive acquisition". The New Yorker.