Thor Heyerdahl

Madonna  

Thor Heyerdahl 

Custodia

Rubi

Morcilla

Blood Sausage

Rutherford B. Hayes 

Yásara 

Machu Picchu

 

Psalm 1:4 

"The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away." 

 

Prov.31:10   

"Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies."

 

Madonna and Child 

Simone Martini  (Italian, Siena, active by 1315–died 1344 Avignon)

This beautifully preserved panel, together with a related work depicting Saint Ansanus in the Robert Lehman Collection (1975.1.13) and a third panel of Saint Andrew (41.100.23), formed part of an altarpiece commissioned by the civic government of Siena. The format of the polyptych was highly unusual in that the central image, the Madonna and Child, was the same size as the flanking panels, allowing the entire altarpiece, which was intended to be portable, to be easily folded and moved. In the fifteenth century, Simone's panels were incorporated as the central elements of a larger altarpiece in the principal chapel of the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena's town hall. Like the other two panels from this polyptych in the Museum's collection, the "Madonna and Child" survives with its original frame intact.

 

 Machu Picchu, Peru

Chess:  "Thor Heyerdahl" "Rutherford B. Hayes" "Yásara" "Machu Picchu" "Madonna" "Morcilla" "Blood Sausage" "Custodia" "Rubi" "Holy Grail"