Madonna del Bordone [SEP] creator
Madonna del Bordone
The Madonna del Bordone (‘The Madonna of the pilgrim's staff’) is a panel painting by the Italian painter Coppo di Marcovaldo, in the church of Santa Maria dei Servi in Siena, Italy. 
Signed and dated 1261, the work is the only certain attribution to the Florentine painter. It was painted after he had been taken prisoner in the Battle of Montaperti in 1260, when the Republic of Siena defeated the Republic of Florence. Coppo paid his ransom by executing the work.
The composition and style employed in the rendering of clothing, as seen in bulky and stiffly pleated cloth in Madonna del Bordone, is reminiscent of Romanesque figure sculptures.
Attributed works.
Although the Madonna del Bordone is Coppo’s only surviving work today, there are many other works attributed to the artist.
• 1261 – Madonna del Bordone in the Sta. Maria dei Servi at Siena.
• 1265 – Pistoia frescos in the chapel of St. James in the Cathedral of S. Zeno.
• 1265–68 – Madonna