Shown from the lap up, a woman breastfeeds a baby against a dark background in this vertical painting. Both people have gold halos and pale skin. The woman sits to our left with her body angled to our right almost in profile. Her head tips forward, and she looks down from under thin brows. She a straight nose and a pointed chin, and her small pink lips are closed. Her light brown hair is parted down the middle and falls down her back. One curly lock lies over the shoulder closer to us. Her sage-green bodice has a straight neckline and muted blue sleeves. A white cloak falls from her far…
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Madonna and Child

painter Italian 16th Century

Circle of related artist Andrea Mantegna (Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506)

Possibly painter Correggio (Parmese, 1489/1494 - 1534)

c. 1505/1510

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 56.25 × 41 cm (22 1/8 × 16 1/8 in.) ; framed: 98.11 × 82.87 × 17.15 cm (38 5/8 × 32 5/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Culture
Paduan
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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