# Madonna with the Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MORALES, Luis de]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on wood, 72 x 52 cm ## Commentary Madonna with the Child 1570s Oil on wood, 72 x 52 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg Nothing is known about the life of the painter. The Madonna with the Child was his favourite subject which he painted in several versions. He was very popular and received the nickname "El Divino". The influence of Italian Mannerism is clearly seen on his paintings, it is supposed that it arrived to the painter through Pedro de Campana, a painter of Flemish origin. ## Related artworks - [Christ Carrying the Cross]() - [Ecce Homo]() - [Madonna with the Child]() - [Mater Dolorosa]() - [Pietà]() - [Pietà]() - [St Stephen]() - [Virgin and Child \(La Virgen del Sombrero\)]() - [Virgin and Child with a Spindle]() - [Virgin and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist]() - [Virgin and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()