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The Madonna of the Magnificat (Italian: Madonna del Magnificat), is a painting of circular or tondo form by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. It is also referred to as the Virgin and Child with Five Angels. In the tondo, we see the Virgin Mary writing the Magnificat with her right hand, with a pomegranate in her left, as two ...
62 cm × 47.5 cm (24 in × 18.7 in) Location. Alte Pinakothek, Munich. The Madonna of the Carnation, also known as the Madonna with Vase, Madonna with Child or Virgin with Flower, [1] is a Renaissance oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci created around 1478–1480. It is permanently displayed at the Alte Pinakothek gallery [2] in Munich, Germany.
Madonna and Child by Filippo Lippi (15th century) In art, a Madonna (Italian: [maˈdɔnna]) is a representation of Mary, either alone or with her child Jesus. These images are central icons for both the Catholic and Orthodox churches. [1] The word is from Italian ma donna 'my lady' (archaic).
Although not originally a religious painting, it was popularized as an image of the Virgin Mary holding her infant son, and has become the most renowned of Ferruzzi's works. The original artwork is believed to be a vertical Sepia painting in a gold gilded frame approximately 27 cm (11 in) high and 21 cm (8.3 in) wide.
Mary has been one of the major subjects of Western art for centuries. There is an enormous quantity of Marian art in the Catholic Church, covering both devotional subjects such as the Virgin and Child and a range of narrative subjects from the Life of the Virgin, often arranged in cycles. Most medieval painters, and from the Reformation to ...
The painting features the Virgin holding the infant Jesus. The icon depicts the Virgin Mary up to the waist holding Christ with her left hand. The toddler looks away. He leans towards her and rests both hands on his mother's right hand, embracing his mother. [1] The artist chooses a superlative tone of brown to exhibit the Virgin's attire.
A simple Italian Virgin and Child by Carlo Crivelli, c. 1470. Virgin and Child or Madonna and Child or Mary and Child usually refers to artistic depictions of Mary and Child Jesus together, as part of both Catholic and Orthodox church traditions, and very notably in the Marian art in the Catholic Church. The various different names are ...
The painting depicts the Virgin Mary seated on a high pedestal in luxurious robes, holding a large baby Jesus on her lap. Six angels crowded together on the Madonna's right adore the Christ-child. In the lower right-hand corner of the painting is an enigmatic scene, with a row of marble columns and the emaciated figure of St. Jerome. A ...