Artwork
The Virgin and Child
The Virgin and Child is an oil painting by the High Renaissance artist Benvenuto Tisi. It dates from 1500 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The work depicts the Madonna and Child, a central subject in religious art focusing on the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child.
The work depicts the Madonna and Child, a central subject in religious art focusing on the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child. Created by Benvenuto Tisi in 1500, the painting presents these two figures as its main subject matter. As a piece of religious genre, the composition serves to illustrate the sacred relationship between the mother and the infant Jesus, adhering to traditional iconographic themes of the era.
The representation is executed in oil paint on a panel, emphasizing the spiritual significance of the depicted figures.
Technique & Style
Created around 1500, The Virgin and Child by Benvenuto Tisi is executed in oil paint on a wooden panel. The work measures 46.5 cm in height and 36 cm in width, presenting a compact devotional format typical of the period. Stylistically, the painting adheres to the religious art genre, depicting the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child as its central subjects.
The handling of the oil medium on the rigid panel support allows for the detailed rendering characteristic of Tisi's output.
History & Provenance
The Virgin and Child is an oil painting on panel created by Benvenuto Tisi, known as Garofalo, in the year 1500. This religious work depicts the Madonna and Christ Child and measures 46.5 cm in height by 36 cm in width. The painting is currently held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
No specific details regarding the original commission, the initial owner, or the subsequent chain of custody leading to the museum are provided in the available records.
Overview
Benvenuto Tisi’s oil painting titled The Virgin and Child dates from around 1500. Executed in oil on panel, the work presents the Virgin Mary cradling the infant Jesus. The composition is centered on the tender interaction between mother and child, framed by a modestly detailed background that includes two small landscape scenes on either side.
Context
Tisi, a pupil of Titian, worked within the Venetian tradition that emphasized coloristic richness and soft modeling. The Virgin and Child reflects this lineage, aligning with contemporary devotional images that combined intimate portraiture with symbolic landscape elements, a practice intended to situate the holy figures within a broader, contemplative world.
Artist & collection
Artist
Benvenuto Tisi (Italian:; 1481 – September 6, 1559), also known as Il Garofalo (Italian: ), was a Late-Renaissance-Mannerist Italian painter of the School of Ferrara.
