# Madonna Enthroned with Saints \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LIPPI, Fra Filippo]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Tempera on wood ## Commentary Madonna Enthroned with Saints \(detail\) c. 1445 Tempera on wood Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence The detail shows Sts Cosmas and Anthony of Padua. Sts Damian and Cosmas, to whom the chapel in the Santa Croce was dedicated, were the "personal" saints of Cosimo de' Medici. St Cosmas is shown in a contemplative attitude, holding his martyr's palm like a pen. It is almost as if he were writing. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Adoration of the Child with Saints \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Child with Saints]() - [Adoration of the Child with Saints]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Announcement of the Death of the Virgin]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()