The Madonna and Child

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The Virgin Mary sits on a bank in a hilly landscape, holding the naked infant Christ on her knee. He looks at us and raises his right hand in blessing. With the other he holds his mother’s thumb. The three sets of three gold lines radiating from Christ’s head denote that he, with God and the Holy Ghost, is one of the Trinity.

This small picture, intended for private devotion, was formerly believed to be by the Florentine painter Albertinelli (1474–1515). It is now thought to be by Giovanni Antonio Sogliani (1492–1544), a minor painter working in Florence and Pisa. Mentioned in Vasari’s Lives of the Artists, Sogliani was influenced by Albertinelli and also by Fra Bartolommeo and Andrea del Sarto, the leading Florentine artists of the previous generation

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

The Madonna and Child

Date

probably about 1520-40

Medium

Oil on wood

Measurements

H 17.3 x W 10.4 cm

Accession number

NG645

Acquisition method

Bought, 1860

Work type

Painting

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