Madonna and Child with Two Angels, Saint Rose, and Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Workshop of Pietro Perugino

National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a group of people. In the center is a seated woman holding a baby. The woman has pale skin and blonde hair wrapped with a sheer blue cloth, and she wears a red garment with a draped green-and-blue fabric over her lap. The child sits on her lap, looking off to the left. Surrounding them are four standing people, two of whom are standing on a low white wall behind the woman. These two people have large wings, and their hands clasped in front of their chests. The other two are on either side of the woman, one holding a long pink flower and a clear glass, and the other holding a blue book and a long green feather or quill. These four people also have pale skin and blond hair. In the distance there are green fields and blue mountains under a blue sky. The painting is an octagon, with longer sides on the left and right.