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Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child, by Giovanni Bellini, tempera, 1475

Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child

Giovanni Bellini

1475

tempera

panel

From the collection of Uffizi Gallery

Dominant colour

Overview

Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child is a 1475 tempera by Giovanni Bellini, a Early Renaissance work, held at Uffizi Gallery.

Who painted this?
Giovanni Bellini
When & what style?
1475 · Early Renaissance
Where can I see it?
Uffizi Gallery

About this work

This painting is called Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child. It's a work by Giovanni Bellini. The painting is from around 1475 and is made with tempera on panel. It's part of the Contini Bonacossi Collection, which suggests it's a significant part of a larger art collection. To learn more about the style and techniques used in this painting, look up the technique: tempera.

The story of this work

Overview

Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child is a c. 1475 tempera-on-panel painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini, measuring 77 cm by 56 cm. It forms part of the Contini Bonacossi Collection within the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Read the full account in the museum source.

Source: wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

Portrait of Giovanni Bellini
Artist

Giovanni Bellini

Giovanni Bellini spent his life in Venice, where the city’s soft light and water shaped his view of the world.

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