A woman sits and supports a baby standing on her lap, both against a gold background in this arched, vertical painting. The woman and baby’s light skin is shaded with faint green, and they have pale pink cheeks. The woman’s body faces us. She tips her head toward the baby who stands on her knee, to our right. The woman looks at us with light brown eyes under curving brows. She has a long, straight nose, and her small pink lips are closed. Her blond hair is mostly covered by a midnight-blue robe that drapes over her shoulders, across her lap, and pools on the floor. The robe is lined with…
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Madonna and Child

Lorenzo Monaco (Florentine, c. 1370 - c. 1425)

1413

Medium
tempera on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 113.5 × 52.8 cm (44 11/16 × 20 13/16 in.) ; overall: 116.3 × 55.6 cm (45 13/16 × 21 7/8 in.) ; framed: 127 x 66.2 x 11.4 cm (50 x 26 1/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Culture
Florentine
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress 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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