# Madonna of the Poppy

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PAOLO VENEZIANO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paolo-veneziano-r313fb13b94f253>)
- Date: 1301-1350
- Technique: Panel, 98 x 184 cm

## Commentary

The painting was commissioned for the original church of San Pantalon, which was refurbished at the end of the seventeenth century. The poppy alludes to the Passion of Christ. His mother seems to be pushing it away from her son, who is leaning forward to grasp it.

## Related artworks

- [Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paolo-veneziano-r313fb13b94f253/coronation-of-the-virgin-r1f81c4227f4b97>)
- [Madonna and Child with two Votaries](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paolo-veneziano-r313fb13b94f253/madonna-and-child-with-two-votaries-r617c4357129bc6>)
- [Monument of Doge Francesco Dandolo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paolo-veneziano-r313fb13b94f253/monument-of-doge-francesco-dandolo-r02b03003422e33>)
- [Monument to the Doge Francesco Dandolo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paolo-veneziano-r313fb13b94f253/monument-to-the-doge-francesco-dandolo-r4641114d1fe95f>)
- [Pala feriale \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paolo-veneziano-r313fb13b94f253/pala-feriale-detail-r188b3d311d8054>)
- [Pala feriale \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paolo-veneziano-r313fb13b94f253/pala-feriale-detail-r9a69471ff82db5>)
- [Pala feriale: Miraculous Discovery of the Body of St Mark \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paolo-veneziano-r313fb13b94f253/pala-feriale-miraculous-discovery-of-the-body-of-st-mark-detail-r4636d8a712618c>)
- [Pala feriale: Miraculous Discovery of the Body of St Mark](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paolo-veneziano-r313fb13b94f253/pala-feriale-miraculous-discovery-of-the-body-of-st-mark-r30252478f48751>)
- [Pala feriale](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paolo-veneziano-r313fb13b94f253/pala-feriale-rec34730d1b6f1b>)
- [Pala feriale: Translation of the Body of St Mark](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paolo-veneziano-r313fb13b94f253/pala-feriale-translation-of-the-body-of-st-mark-rf75c80344e5a15>)
- [Panel of a Polyptych](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paolo-veneziano-r313fb13b94f253/panel-of-a-polyptych-r0a8868b14e5b55>)
- [Panel of a Polyptych](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paolo-veneziano-r313fb13b94f253/panel-of-a-polyptych-r0b42c108af8999>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)