# Madonna of the Star [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ANGELICO, Fra]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Tempera and gold on panel, 84 x 51 cm ## Commentary Madonna of the Star c. 1424 Tempera and gold on panel, 84 x 51 cm Museo di San Marco, Florence The Madonna of the Star portrays the Virgin holding the Child on an incised, golden radiance as she embraces him tenderly. The image of the standing Virgin and Child emerged from a rich biblical and visual tradition exemplified in a <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/p/pisano1/nino/various/virginc1.html'\)" href="/html/p/pisano1/nino/various/virginc1.html">marble statue by Nino Pisano</a> in the Santa Maria Novella. ## Related artworks - [A Bishop Saint]() - [Adoration of the Magi and Man of Sorrows \(Cell 39\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Annalena Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Annalena Altarpiece]() - [Annalena Altarpiece \(without predella\)]() - [Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi]() - [Annunciation \(Cell 3\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()