The Master of the Sienese Straus Madonna (active c. 1340 – 1360), was an Italian painter.[1]
Biography edit
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.[2] He is considered to be the same person as Master of the Ashmolean Crucifixion.[3]
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ Virgin and Child, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Accession Number 44.564.
- ^ Colum Hourihane (ed), The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture, Volume 1, , Oxford University Press, 2012; p. 247