Virgin and Child · At the 1884 Whitechapel Exhibition

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Title: Virgin and Child
Actual Title: Madonna and child
Artist: Vincenzio Catena
Artist Full Name: Vincenzio di Biagio Catena (c. 1480-1530)
Date (Painted or Exhibited): 1485-1515
Type: Oil on canvas
Size (HxW mm): 552 x 445
Current Location: National Museum in Krakow: MNK XII-201
Lent By: Vernon Lushinton, Esq.
Catalog Number: 92
Catalog Page: 14
Catalog Description: A picture painted when life was so simple that a representation of a well-known home helped men understand God. The great masters painted the Virgin and Child in likeness of the people they knew; in their eyes every home had the possibility of the highest.
Alt-Text: A Renaissance painting in a decorated gold frame shows the Virgin Mary in a blue and red robe, holding the infant Jesus on her lap, with a serene landscape and blue sky in the background.
Image Credit: Photo: The National Museum in Krakow. Shared under a CC0 license