Madonna and Child

Jacopo Bellini

probably 1440s · Tempera on wood, gold ground · European Paintings

Jacopo Bellini dominated Venetian painting in the middle years of the fifteenth century and was a key figure in the creation of Venetian Renaissance painting. This is one of his rare extant paintings, probably done in the 1440s. Sadly, the surface of the painting has lost most of its pigment. The fine, damaged, frame is original.

Artist

Jacopo Bellini

Date

probably 1440s

Medium

Tempera on wood, gold ground

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Gift of Irma N. Straus, 1959