Virgin and Child with Saints
1510
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1510
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a woman holding a baby, surrounded by saints in golden robes. The colors are bright in some spots, faded in others. This painting was started in the 1500s but never finished—someone stopped cleaning it decades ago. The red fabric and skin tones still look soft and real, even with the damage. No one knows who painted it, but the style feels like Venice at the time. To see more like it, look up paintings from italy, venice.
