The Madonna is seated, looking downward to the standing Child with a landscape view in the background seen through a simple arch. The design is one which is known in several workshop replicas and the type of the Virgin's head seems to reflect a lost Botticelli of about the years 1485-1490. Though not by any pupil of Botticelli's who can be identified, the picture is a remarkably fresh and attractive example of Tuscan painting in the later 15th century and was once owned by John Ruskin, a great admirer of Botticelli.
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Title of artwork, date
The Madonna and Child, 1475–1500
Date supported
1932
Medium and material
Tempera on panel
Dimensions
84 x 57 cm
Gifted by
R E A Wilson
Grant
400
Total cost
400
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