1496
tempera
canvas
From the collection of Accademia Carrara
Dominant colour
Virgin and Child is a 1496 tempera by Andrea Mantegna, a High Renaissance work, depicting Boy, held at Accademia Carrara.
This painting shows a woman in a blue robe with a golden halo around her head. She is holding a baby in her arms. The woman's face is serious, and the baby looks at the viewer with a neutral expression. The woman's robe is blue with gold accents, and the baby is wearing a white cloth. The woman's hands are visible as she holds the baby, and her right hand is placed on the baby's chest. The background of the painting is dark, which makes the woman and the baby stand out. The painting is done in tempera, a technique that allows for vivid colors and details. To learn more about the artist's use of tempera, look up Andrea Mantegna.
Madonna and Child is a magra-tempera on flax canvas painting by Andrea Mantegna, dating to 1490-1500 or (according to Mauro Lucco) 1463-1465 . It is now in the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo. It dates to after the painter's trip to Rome and belongs to a group of small-format Madonnas for private devotion - others include Madonna with Sleeping Child (Berlin), the Poldi Pezzoli Madonna and the Butler Madonna (New York). The Bergamo work is unique among them in that it has a happy rather than melancholic atmosphere. The Christ Child wears a coral bracelet, formerly an apotropaic symbol and also a…
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Andrea Mantegna (UK: , US: ; Italian: ; c. 1431 – September 13, 1506) was an Italian Renaissance painter, a student of Roman archaeology, and the son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna…
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