Skip to content

BELLINI, Giovanni: Madonna with Child

🖼 Madonna with Child, c. 1475
Tempera on panel
77 × 57 cm
Verona, Italy

Soft gold light bathes the Virgin and Christ Child in intimate tenderness, their forms rendered with Bellini's characteristic luminous detail and delicate modeling. This devotional image exemplifies Early Renaissance Venice's spiritual refinement, establishing the iconic Madonna formula that dominated Northern Italian art for generations.

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