Madonna-and-Child Theme Pages

A representation of Mary with the infant Jesus.

This polychrome relief of the Madonna and Child (c1450) is by Antonio di Chellino da Pisa, and is located in the Bargello Florence.

This Florentine Madonna and Child(1453-1460)  is by Desiderio Settigano and can found in the Bargello Florence. Settigano closely followed Donatello's technique of shallow relief ( rilievo schiacciato) carving.
 

This Madonna and Child (1460), in the Kunsthistorisches museum, Vienna, is by Donatelo.

 

This "Madonna and Child with Angels" is similar to a number of known works by Donatello. It is part of a 19th century funeral monument set into the wall of the Medici Chapel in Santa Croce Florence. Opinion is divided as to whether it is actually a Renaisance work, or a 19th century copy.

 

15th century polychrome statue in stone of "Our Lady of Joy" with the Christ child holding a bird.

This polychrome relief sculpture, in the Bargello Florence, is of the Madonna and Child surrounded by four angels, dated to 1465, is by Agostino Di Duccio

This stained glass panel (1467-1469), is part of a window depicting the "Death of the Virgin", in Evreux Cathedral. It depicts St Luke painting the Virgin and Child, a Christian tradition being that he painted the first icon.

This stained glass window (c1470), in St Maclou in Rouen, represents the Tree of Jesse, with the Virgin and Child in the central position..

This sculpture of the Madonna and Child (c1470) is by Antonio Federighi, is located in the Bargello Florence.

This Madonna and Child by by the Florentine ceramicist Luca della Robbia, dated to the later part of the 14th century is located in the Kunsthistorisches museum Vienna.

This ceramic Madonna and Child (1470-1480) is by Andrea della Robbia, and can be found in the church of San Gaetano, Florence.

 

This intimate relief, titled Virgin and Child (c. 1450–1500), is the work of Desiderio da Settignano, one of the most sensitive sculptors of the early Italian Renaissance. It is currently housed in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.

Antonio Rossellino’s Virgin and Child before the Garland (c. 1450–1500) stands as one of the most lyrical expressions of early Renaissance devotion, blending tender emotion with the sculptural elegance that defined Florentine domestic piety.

This glazed earthenware plaque of the Madonna and Child among saints was created by by Andrea della Robbia in about 1480. It is part of an alterpiece in the Basillica of Santa Croce in Florence.

 

Benedetto da Maiano’s Virgin and Child reveals a deep correspondence with the work of Donatello, whose influence shaped much of the artistic language of fifteenth-century Florence.

Attributed to Domenico Rosselli, this high relief marble sculpture is dated to the last part of the 15th century and is located in the V&A museum London.

 

Medieval stained glass from the 15th century of a Madonna and Child in the right hand panel. The left hand panel depicts Bishop Wannard, or Saint Wannard.

This terracotta Madonna and Child (c1500) is from Northern Italy, and currentky located in the Museum of Fine Arts, Lyon, France

This Madonna and Child (1501-1504) is the only sculpure by Michelangelo to have left Italy during his lifetime. Located in the Church of Our Lady, Bruges, it was bought by the brothers Jan and Alexander Mouscro, two wealthy merchant in Bruges. The statue was originally intended to be part of an alterpiece in Sienna Cathedral.1

 

Early 16th century Netherlandish roundel of the Madonna and child in Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire.

Pages