Madonna with child and saints

The Piazza Madonna (Italian - Madonna di Piazza) is a tempera on panel painting, dating to 1474-1486 and held in Pistoia Cathedral.

It was commissioned from Andrea del Verrocchio in 1474 as an altarpiece for the oratory of the Madonna di Piazza (the "Virgin of the Square"). It was intended to commemorate bishop Donato de' Medici, whose name saint Donatus of Fiesole stands to the right, with Florence's patron saint John the Baptist to the left. It was painted in two parts, with heavy involvement from Verrochio's studio assistants, particularly Lorenzo di Credi. The first part was finished in 1479, but the second phase was postponed until 1485 thanks to delays in payment. The painting was finally completed in 1486.

18th century local historians attributed the work to Leonardo da Vinci, based on a note made by the artist on a folio now in the Uffizi which records that in the month of "...bre"…

摘自英文维基百科「Piazza Madonna」（CC BY-SA 4.0），暂时没有中文条目。