Title: Madonna and Child with the Dead Christ, Saints Agnes and Catherine of Alexandria, and Two Angels
Object type: Painting, portable altarpiece
Date: ca. 1470–80
Artist:  Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio) 
Artist bio: Italian, Siena 1405–1481 Siena
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Tempera on wood, gold ground
Dimensions: Main panel, overall, with engaged (modern) frame, 12 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (32.4 x 29.8 cm), painted surface 10 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (27.6 x 25.1 cm); predella, overall, with engaged (modern) frame, 3 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (9.2 x 32.1 cm), painted surface 2 5/8 x 11 7/8 in. (6.7 x 30.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Anonymous Bequest, 1984
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Angels, term: Christ, term: Madonna and Child, term: Saint Catherine, term: Saints