基督与圣母的交替 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	基督与圣母的交替
品名（英）	The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin
入馆年号	1953年，53.37
策展部门	修道院（The Cloisters）
创作者	Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni)【1370 至 1425】【意大利人】
创作年份	公元 1402
创作地区	制造于: 意大利, 托斯卡纳, 佛罗伦萨（Made in: Italy, Tuscany, Florence）
分类	绘画画布（Paintings-Canvas）
尺寸	整体: 94 1/4 x 60 1/4 x 1 英寸 (239.4 x 153 x 2.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	画面中，基督和圣母代表八个小人物，可能是佛罗伦萨一个显赫家族的成员，向天父求饶。在等级制的传统中，神圣的人物被描绘得比跪在崇拜和祈祷中的凡人大很多倍。基督指着自己身边的伤口说："我的父亲，让那些你希望我承受受难的人得救吧。"圣母抱着她的一个乳房恳求道："亲爱的孩子，因为我给你的牛奶，请怜悯他们。"上帝的轴心——父亲、圣灵的鸽子和跪着的基督——也代表着三位一体。这幅大胆的虔诚图像的戏剧性，具有十四世纪后期佛罗伦萨绘画的典型几何构图，因其最初放置在大教堂入口内，面向广阔的内部，而更加突出。
介绍（英）	Christ and the Virgin are shown pleading with God the Father for mercy on behalf of eight small figures, perhaps members of a prominent Florentine family. In the tradition of hieratic scale, the divine figures are portrayed many times larger than the mortals, who kneel in adoration and prayer. Pointing to the wound in his side, Christ says, "My Father, let those be saved for whom you wished me to suffer the Passion." The Virgin, holding one of her breasts, pleads, "Dearest son, because of the milk that I gave you, have mercy on them." The axis of God the Father, the dove of the Holy Spirit, and the kneeling Christ also represents the Trinity. The drama of the bold devotional image, with a geometric composition typical of Florentine painting of the later fourteenth century, was heightened by its original placement inside the entrance of the cathedral, where it faced the length of the vast interior.