This painting depicts a woman with her hands clasped in prayer, a slight smile on her pale face. She has thin eyebrows, deep-set eyes, and a sloping nose. She wears a dark green shawl draped over her head and shoulders with ornate gold designs around the edge and hints of sheer fabric, and there is a large gold halo behind her head. Below the shawl she wears richly decorated robes with red and gold patterns. In front of her, in the bottom right corner of the painting, is a sleeping child with a golden halo, wrapped in a sheer textile. The child is adorned with a red necklace and red…
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Madonna and Child with Angels

painter Ferrarese 15th Century

c. 1455/1470

Medium
tempera on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 53.5 x 36.2 cm (21 1/16 x 14 1/4 in.) ; framed: 68.6 x 51.4 x 7 cm (27 x 20 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Culture
Ferrarese
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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