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Virgin and Child with a Goldfinch

c. 1490

Neroccio de' Landi

(Italian, 1447–1500)
Culture
Italy, Siena
Medium
tempera on wood
Measurements
Framed: 65 x 45 x 7.5 cm (25 9/16 x 17 11/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 38.8 x 30.5 cm (15 1/4 x 12 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1980.101
Public Domain
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Location
110A Italian Gothic
Print

Description

Neroccio di Bartolomeo de’ Landi was both a painter and sculptor. He was a student of Vecchietta, and then he shared a workshop with Francesco di Giorgio from 1468. Neroccio is considered by many to be a Madonna painter par excellence. His aristocratic images were much appreciated in his time, and he is perhaps among Siena’s last great painters of the 1500s.
A vertically oriented tempera painting depicts the Virgin Mary and the nude baby Christ, both with light skin tones, against a gold background. Mary wears a dark cloak over a red gown, her hands clasped and eyes downcast. Christ has curly hair and sits on a dark cushion to our left, raising his right hand. Patterned gold halos surround their heads, and a small bird stands on the ledge near his foot.

Virgin and Child with a Goldfinch

c. 1490

Neroccio de' Landi

(Italian, 1447–1500)
Italy, Siena

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