Who created "Madonna and Child"?

Madonna and Child was created by Francesco Francia in 1490s.

When was "Madonna and Child" created?

This artwork was created 1490s.

What medium is "Madonna and Child"?

Madonna and Child is Oil on wood.

Is "Madonna and Child" in the public domain?

Yes, Madonna and Child is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Madonna and Child

Francesco Francia

1490s

Medium

Oil on wood

Dimensions

24 x 18 1/8 in. (61 x 46 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Lewis C. Ledyard III, Mrs. Victor Onet, and Mrs. T. F. Turner, in memory of Lewis C. Ledyard, 1982

Accession Number

1982.448

Tags

Madonna and Child

Art Historical Context

Francesco Francia's *Madonna and Child*, painted in the 1490s, is a tender embodiment of Renaissance devotion. This oil-on-wood panel, measuring 24 x 18⅛ inches, captures the iconic theme of the Virgin Mary cradling the infant Christ—a motif central to Christian art that symbolized maternal love, purity, and divine incarnation. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Paintings department, it was generously gifted in 1982 memory of Lewis C.edyard. Francia, a leading painter from Bologna, bridged late Gothic traditions with the emerging Renaissance humanism influenced by artists lik...

About the Artist

Francesco Francia · 1447–1517

Influential Bolognese painter of his period, noted for sweet, softly rounded Madonnas and portraits. Influenced by Costa, his partner, and by Perugino. Comment on works: Religious

Madonna and Child

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