Against a gold background, a blond woman is shown from the lap up, facing us as she holds and looks down at a plump baby sitting on a gold and white pillow on her lap in this vertical painting. Both people have pale, peachy skin, and faint halos encircle their heads. The child sits with his body angled to our right, toward his mother, but he turns to look off to our left with pale green eyes. He holds his right hand, on our left, up with his thumb and first two fingers raised. He has short, light brown hair, rounded cheeks, a delicate nose and lips, and chubby legs. He wears a light blue…
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Madonna and Child

Domenico Ghirlandaio (Florentine, 1449 - 1494)

c. 1470/1475

Medium
tempera on panel transferred to hardboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 70.8 x 48.9 cm (27 7/8 x 19 1/4 in.) ; overall size: 73 x 50.2 cm (28 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.) ; framed: 115.6 x 89.2 x 7.6 cm (45 1/2 x 35 1/8 x 3 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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