Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Madonna Adoring the Christ Child
Alternate Title:
Madonna in adorazione del Bambino
Image View:
Overall view without frame
Creator:
Francesco Benaglio (Italian painter, ca.1432-1492)
Location:
repository: Museo Correr (Venice, Veneto, Italy) inv. 235
Location Note:
Piazza San Marco 52
GPS:
45.4339 12.3375
Date:
ca. 1465-1475 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera on panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
38 cm (height) x 30 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; mother and child
Description:
A group of five madonna paintings ascribed to Benaglio share the ostentatious use of perspective foreshortening and an almost geometric rigor in the drawing of the figures, whose monumentality is emphasized by the highly stylized landscapes in the background. (Source: National Gallery of Art [website]; http://www.nga.gov/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-BENAGLIO-MC-MC-A 01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Madonna Adoring the Christ Child