This painting shows a woman sitting and cradling an infant on her lap. The woman faces slightly left and looks down at the child with a slight smile. She has pale skin and golden hair covered by a semi-translucent white veil. She wears a red garment with gold embroidery and a dark blue cloak with gold trim and a star-shaped brooch on her shoulder. The infant has curly golden hair and is dressed in a sheer garment, looking up towards the woman. Surrounding these two people are more people with wings and cherubic children with the bodies of red-and-gold birds. All of these people have pale…
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Madonna and Child with Angels and Cherubim

Matteo di Giovanni (Sienese, c. 1430 - 1497)

c. 1460/1465

Medium
tempera on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 69.7 x 49.5 cm (27 7/16 x 19 1/2 in.) ; overall size: 79 x 58 cm (31 1/8 x 22 13/16 in.) ; framed: 99.7 x 78.1 x 8.3 cm (39 1/4 x 30 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Culture
Sienese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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