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{{Short description|Painting by Cima da Conegliano}}
{{No citations|date=July 2021}}{{Infobox Artwork
| image_file=Cima da Conegliano, Madonna col Bambino tra i santi Michele Arcangelo e Andrea.jpg
| title=Madonna and Child with Saints Michael the Archangel and Andrea
| artist=[[Cima da Conegliano]]
| year= c. 1496–1498
| medium=[[Oil painting|Oil on wood]]
| height_metric=194
| width_metric=134
| metric_unit=cm
| imperial_unit=in
| museum=[[Galleria nazionale di Parma]]
}}
The '''''Madonna and Child with Saints Michael the Archangel and Andrea''''' is a [[Cima da Conegliano]] painting oil on panel (194x134 cm) dating from ''c.'' 1496–1498, and preserved at the [[Galleria nazionale di Parma]].
==History==
''Madonna and Child with Saints Michael the Archangel and Andrea'' was placed in Parma, in the old church of the Annunciation outside the city walls, which was demolished in 1546. In 1706, the painting entered the Sanvital collection as a work attributed to [[Leonardo da Vinci]] due to an apocryphal inscription in the bottom cartouche. In 1834, it was sold to the Ducal Gallery of Parma and was subsequently attributed to [[Cima da Conegliano]].
==Description==
[[File:Madonna col Bambino tra i santi Michele Arcangelo e Andrea - particolare Madonna col Bambino.jpg|thumb|upright|Detail of the Madonna and Child]]
The panel represents the Virgin with the Baby Jesus. On the left, [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]] stands with a lance and on the right, [[Andrew the Apostle]] carries a cross. The background depicts the town of [[Collalto, Susegana|Collalto]]. At right, ruined marble architecture is seen in silhouette, with pilasters sculpted in classical motifs forming the background of the Virgin and Child. The novel composition accentuates the dynamism of the scene, which is depicted with sharp definition in the details and landscape, all in a soft, golden light.
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Fornari Schianchi|first=Lucia|year=1997|title=Galleria Nazionale di Parma, Catalogo delle opere|location=[[Milan]] |publisher=Franco Maria Ricci}}
* {{cite book|last=Villa|first=Giovanni C.F.|year=2010|title=Cima da Conegliano. Poeta del paesaggio, catalogo della mostra Conegliano 2010|location=[[Venice]]|publisher=Marsilio}}
* {{cite book|last=Humfrey|first=Peter|year=1983|title=Cima da Conegliano|location=[[Cambridge]]|publisher=Cambridge University press}}
==External links==
* [http://www.parmabeniartistici.beniculturali.it/galleria-nazionale-di-parma/galleria/madonna-con-bambino-fra-i-santi-michele-arcangelo-e-andrea-apostolo/ Opera sul sito della Galleria Nazionale di Parma]
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[[Category:Paintings of the Madonna and Child by Cima da Conegliano]]
[[Category:Paintings of Andrew the Apostle]]
[[Category:Paintings of Michael (archangel)]]