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The design of the picture, where the Virgin Mary is placed against a mountainous background that is partly obscured by a dark green hanging, was popularised by Giovanni Bellini, whose workshop produced numerous images of this kind. The Virgin’s cloak falls over the ledge into the viewer’s space, a visual trick that suggests she is just within our reach.
This is an early work by the Venetian artist, Marco Basaiti. He signed it at the left edge of the marble parapet, but the bottom part of the signature was cut off when the painting’s lower edge was trimmed down before it entered the National Gallery’s collection.
Title
The Virgin and Child
Date
about 1496-1505
Medium
Oil on poplar
Measurements
H 62.9 x W 47 cm
Accession number
NG2499
Acquisition method
Salting Bequest, 1910
Work type
Painting
