A woman sitting on a pillow on the floor holds a baby stretched stiffly across her lap, and both are shown against a gold background in this arched, vertical painting. Ranks of four winged angels float to each side and a man hovers overhead, above a dove that flies down toward the baby. All the people have light skin, strawberry-blond hair, and their heads are surrounded by gold halos. The woman at the center wears a royal-blue, hooded cloak over a dusky rose-pink dress. The cloak is edged with gold, and there is a gold starburst on each shoulder. Her dress is covered with gold, scrolling…
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Madonna and Child with God the Father Blessing and Angels

painter Jacopo di Cione (Florentine, c. 1340 - c. 1400?)

c. 1370/1375

Medium
tempera on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 139.8 × 67.5 cm (55 1/16 × 26 9/16 in.) ; overall: 141.2 × 69 × 1.5 cm (55 9/16 × 27 3/16 × 9/16 in.) ; framed: 156.8 x 84.1 x 6.7 cm (61 3/4 x 33 1/8 x 2 5/8 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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