The Madonna and Child are depicted inside a marble aedicule built on models taken from Donatello and Mantegna: the architecture is decorated with cupids, candelabra, vases and other ornaments in polychrome marble and bronze. The whole is inspired by ancient architecture and sculptures, known to the painter also thanks to the specimens collected in the lively Paduan workshop of Squarcione, where Lo Schiavone completed his pupil in the fifties of the fifteenth century. Poised on the parapet, in the foreground, a plate full of fruits (pears, apples and lemons) represents one of the most beautiful details of all Schiavone's work and a magnificent piece of still life ante litteram, which recalls the fruits scattered in abundance in the garland in the center of the arch, still reminiscent of classic models. The panel, a masterpiece of subtlety, brilliance and finesse worthy of a miniature, was acquired by the Sabauda Gallery in 1879 through a purchase from Count Benucci of Senigallia. Signed in the lower center opus sclavoni dalmatici squarzoni S.