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DiaporamaVirgin and the Shivering Child
Early Renaissance
1475
61.0 x 81.0 cm
Antonio Rossellino (1427 – 1479)
Antonio Rossellino (1427-1479) was a leading Renaissance sculptor known for realistic portrait busts, delicate Madonna reliefs & the Chapel of Cardinal Portugal. Explore his Florentine masterpieces and humanist themes!
This terracotta relief, intended for private devotion, numbers among the most affecting of all Florentine Renaissance Madonnas, due to the sensitivity with which the inner emotions of the figures are made apparent by the modelling. In this atmospheric composition, with its painterly play of light and shadow, affinities have been seen with the highly expressive art of Andrea del Verrocchio, or works by Leonardo da Vinci – and not without justification. The facial expressions and gestures indicate that this intimate interplay of mother and child is overshadowed by a knowledge of the Passion of Christ.
About this artwork
- Title: Virgin and the Shivering Child
- Artist: Antonio Rossellino
- Year: 1475
- Original dimensions: 61.0 x 81.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Corpus context: christian iconography" , verrocchio's expressive style
- Keywords: 15th century art , golden hues art , italian renaissance
- Color hue: Green Spectrum
- Color intensity: Vivid
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