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The panel belongs to that small group of paintings that can undoubtedly be attributed to the master's hand. Mary and Jesus are caught in a moment of tenderness, with the Mother trying to hold the Child still, whose bold pose recalls the works of Mantegna. The Virgin's gaze , however, is melancholic and meditative, as if she were foreseeing the future sacrifice of her Son, who moves restlessly on a pink marble balustrade, perhaps anticipating the stone of anointing on which he will be placed before burial. The clear brightness that bathes the two figures brings to mind the Venetian works of Antonello da Messina, but the precious execution, with the gold used to highlight the lapis lazuli blue of Mary's dress, recalls the Byzantine origins of the Venetian pictorial tradition.
Title: Madonna and Child
Author: Giovanni Bellini
Date: 1476 approximately
Technique: Tempera, oil and gold on panel
Displayed in: Carrara Academy
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