Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1444/45–1510)
Virgin and Child with an Angel
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Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1444/45–1510)1475–85
Virgin and Child with an Angel
Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1444/45–1510) →Renaissance15th centurytemperaItalian
Date
1475–85
Medium
Tempera on panel
Dimensions
85.8 × 59.1 cm (33 3/4 × 23 1/4 in.); Framed: 106.7 × 80.1 × 7.7 cm (42 × 31 1/2 × 3 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Max and Leola Epstein Collection
In this humanizing yet idealized depiction of the Virgin Mary embracing the baby Jesus, Sandro Botticelli conveyed the sacred beauty of maternal love. Mary, her expression soft and her skin luminous, nuzzles her son’s chubby cheek as he grasps the nape of her neck. An angel, smaller in scale, looks on adoringly. Highly celebrated in his own lifetime, Botticelli developed a distinctly sentimental and tactile style of painting for both religious and secular subjects.
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