Madonna and Child
Artist: Luca Signorelli
1505-07
Painting
Signorelli produced many ornate "gold" works in his later career. This piece, which presents a richly colored, half-length portrait of the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child on her lap, is presented against just such a decorative golden background. It was given as a gift to Signorelli's youngest daughter, Gabriella, on April 10, 1507. The two likely reasons for the gift was to either mark the series of family tragedies - including the deaths of Gabriella's brother Antonio and sister Felicia due to the plague in 1502, followed by the death of her mother in 1506 - or that it was a painted to commemorate the birth of one of Gabriella's three daughters.
This oil and gold on wood work of art is in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Madonna and Child
Artist: Botticelli
1467
Painting
This Early Renaissance Tempera on panel measures 71 cm × 51 cm and is housed in the Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, France.
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