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Master of the Sienese Straus Madonna

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Italian painter Not to be confused with Master of the Straus Madonna.
Virgin and Child in the MFAH for which the master is named

The Master of the Sienese Straus Madonna (active c. 1340 – 1360), was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was active in Siena and is named after a depiction of a Madonna and Child donated by the Straus family to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He is considered to be the same person as Master of the Ashmolean Crucifixion.

References

  1. See separate chapters in Carolyn C. Wilson, Italian paintings XIV-XVI centuries in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rice University Press, 1996. ISBN 0892633492
  2. Virgin and Child, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Accession Number 44.564.
  3. Colum Hourihane (ed), The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture, Volume 1, , Oxford University Press, 2012; p. 247
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