Skip to content

ANGELICO, Fra: Madonna and Child of the Grapes

🖼 Madonna and Child of the Grapes, c. 1425
Tempera and gold on panel
102 × 59 cm
Princeton, Italy

Tender devotion radiates through soft tempera brushwork as the Madonna gazes downward, cradling the Christ Child who reaches toward grapes symbolizing his sacrifice. This early Renaissance panel exemplifies Fra Angelico's spiritual intensity, merging divine intimacy with symbolic theology that influenced Florentine religious art.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
tap to buy ↗
We recommend Bookshop.org — supports independent bookstores
We recommend Bookshop.org — supports independent bookstores