1460 (ca.), Rogier van der Weyden, Medici Madonna -- Stadel Museum (Frankfurt)
From the museum label: Soon after his return from a pilgrimage to Rome in 1450, Rogier van der Weyden was commissioned to paint a devotional picture for the Medici, the Florentine bankers' family. This is evidenced by the choice of the Sacra Conversazione - a pictorial type unusual in the North -, the Florentine escutcheon with the lily, and above all the identities of the saints accompanying the Virgin: the doctor-saints Cosmas and Damian were the Medici's patron saints, while Peter and John the Baptist were the baptismal saints of two leading family members, Piero and Giovanni de' Medici.
1460 (ca.), Rogier van der Weyden, Medici Madonna -- Stadel Museum (Frankfurt)
From the museum label: Soon after his return from a pilgrimage to Rome in 1450, Rogier van der Weyden was commissioned to paint a devotional picture for the Medici, the Florentine bankers' family. This is evidenced by the choice of the Sacra Conversazione - a pictorial type unusual in the North -, the Florentine escutcheon with the lily, and above all the identities of the saints accompanying the Virgin: the doctor-saints Cosmas and Damian were the Medici's patron saints, while Peter and John the Baptist were the baptismal saints of two leading family members, Piero and Giovanni de' Medici.