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This was one of Cima da Conegliano’s most popular designs, and he and his workshop produced a number of versions of it. The Virgin Mary sits on a marble bench in front of a sunlit Italian landscape, her body forming a solid mass which we can almost feel pressing down on the cool stone. There is hardly a cloud in the sky and Mary gazes out with unruffled serenity. Only the pose of the Christ Child disturbs the calm. He balances somewhat precariously on his mother’s lap, pulling away from her restraining fingers. He holds a small bird, a linnet, perhaps a symbolic allusion to the Passion (Christ’s torture and crucifixion). The marble parapet along the front serves to push the Virgin and Child back, creating a feeling of three-dimensional space which is reinforced by the distant blue hills behind them.
Title
The Virgin and Child
Date
about 1505
Medium
Oil and egg on poplar
Measurements
H 53.3 x W 43.8 cm
Accession number
NG634
Acquisition method
Bought, 1860
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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