Madonna and Child known as Madonna di Ambro

The name originates from the inscription on the lower edge of the board. The iconography of the enthroned nursing Madonna underscores the dual human and divine nature of Mary. The sumptuous materiality—combining gold, silver, and lapis lazuli—is accentuated by a monumental, frontal composition that harmonises with vernacular and traditional. The work has been attributed to the painter of the Cross of the Spoleto Cathedral, dated 1187 and conventionally known as “of Alberto Sotio”. At an undeterminate time, the panel was enclosed within a rectangular frame, sacrificing the upper part of the halo. It was restored in 1950 with a walnut insert.