1650
oil
canvas
From the collection of Walters Art Museum
Dominant colour
Madonna and Child is a 1650 oil by Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, depicting Christ Child, held at Walters Art Museum.
The painting depicts a woman holding a baby. The woman has dark hair and wears a red dress with a brown top. The baby is naked except for a white cloth wrapped around its waist. The baby's right arm is raised, and its left hand rests on the woman's arm. The woman and baby are set against a dark background, which helps draw attention to them. The woman's expression is calm, and the baby looks up at her. This painting is reminiscent of the work of artists who used chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects and figures.
Carlo Francesco Nuvolone (1608 or 1609 in Milan – 1661 or 1662 in Milan) was an Italian painter of religious subjects and portraits who was active mainly in Lombardy.
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