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Capital with male figures
Telamone with dragons
mosaic of Sant'Eustachio
Main portal of Santa Maria del Popolo
Styphore Lion
Leone Stiloforo
Pietà Mantegazza
Apsidal fresco of Sant'Agata al Monte
Wooden model of the Cathedral of Pavia
Wooden model of the cathedral of Pavia
Crypt of Sant'Eusebio
Crypt of Sant'Eusebio
Crypt of Sant'Eusebio
Crypt of Sant'Eusebio
Triumph of Alexander the Great
Reflection
Gallant scene
Portrait of a Malaspina man
Shovel Bottigella
Madonna and Child
Secret accusation
Small cup
Pluteus with peacocks
Senator plate
Pluteus with sea monsters

Madonna and Child

Giovanni Bellini

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Civic Museums of the Visconti Castle

Civic Museums of the Visconti Castle

Viale XI Febbraio, 35, Pavia

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The signature is visible on the cartouche placed on the parapet: «IOANNES BELLINVS P». Despite this, the poor state of conservation prior to the restoration, carried out in 2008, had insinuated doubts about the autography, which is now certain and refers to the youthful period of Giovanni Bellini, around 1455. In fact, there are still late Gothic pictorial motifs. , inherited from his father Jacopo, like the very thin fingers of the Madonna or the precious golden dots in the mantle. At the same time, however, the crumpled drapery of the robes and the swollen and almost sculptural hands of the Child denounce the influence of Giovanni's brother-in-law, Andrea Mantegna, who in 1453 had married the Bellini's elder sister, Nicolosia. The two figures emerge from a dark background, draped and enlivened by the presence of a border and a row of pearls that intersect the halo of the Madonna. Thanks to the balanced use of chiaroscuro and the introduction of the architectural element of the parapet, a perspective link is created between the user and the devotional image. The work in the night between 10 and 11 May 1970 was stolen and returned to the museum, without a frame, in 1974 by the nucleus of the Carabinieri for the protection of cultural heritage. The table from 1980 is exhibited in the first room of the Pinacoteca Malaspina, a unique and precious piece.
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Title: Madonna and Child

Author: Giovanni Bellini

Date: 1455

Technique: Tempera on wood

Displayed in: Civic Museums of the Visconti Castle

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