Madonna and Child with Saints (Signorelli, Arezzo)


The Madonna with Child and Saints is a painting by the Italian late Renaissance painter Luca Signorelli, executed around 1519-1523. It is housed in the Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant Angelo, Rome, Italy.
The picture is a traditional Holy Conversation composition.

History

The painting was commissioned by the Brotherhood of St. Jerome in Arezzo for their seat. The work was executed in Cortona and was brought to Arezzo by the painter himself, who was then in his seventies.
It is the last work by Signorelli, who died after returning to Cortona.