Art April 2013
Exhibition note
On “Piero della Francesca in America” at The Frick Collection, New York.
Piero della Francesca (1411/13–1492); Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels, c. 1460-70; Oil (and tempera?) transferred to fabric on panel; 42.4 x 30.9 inches; © The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Piero della Francesca’s Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels (ca. 1460–70), once encountered, is not easily forgotten or, for that matter, absorbed. A cornerstone of The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Virgin and Child is a wildly unpredictable picture, though its stoic demeanor offsets its radical nature. There are Piero’s angels: they are, if not exactly wedged into the rectangular format, book-ended significantly...
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