The Virgin with Blessing Child Enthroned and Saints

Davide Ghirlandaio painted this Virgin with Blessing Child Enthroned and Saints around 1480, working in the established format of the Florentine sacra conversazione. As the brother of Domenico Ghirlandaio, Davide maintained the family workshop's reputation for clear, well-organized devotional compositions that served churches across Tuscany. The tempera medium required careful preparation on a gessoed panel and a disciplined layering technique that produced precise, durable surfaces suited to the intricate detail expected of devotional painting.

Tempera on panel with the clean draftsmanship and symmetrical composition characteristic of the Ghirlandaio workshop. The enthroned Virgin and attendant saints follow established Florentine altarpiece formulas.