Madonna Adoring the Child
Medium
Oil(?) on wood
Dimensions
24 3/4 x 20 1/2 in. (62.9 x 52.1 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1909
Accession Number
09.102
Tags
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Paintings collection, *Madonna Adoring the Child* by Bartolomeo Montagna (Bartolomeo Cincani), an Italian Renaissance artist from Vicenza, captures a tender moment of maternal devotion. This intimate oil (likely) on wood panel measuring 24 3/4 x 20 1/2 inches, portrays the Virgin Mary gazing lovingly at the infant Jesus, a timeless Christian iconography emphasizing divine humility and humanity. Montagna, active in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, drew from Venetian Renaissance traditions, blending the refined elegance of artists like...