# Virgin and Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MANTEGNA, Andrea]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera on canvas, 43 x 31 cm ## Commentary Around his wrist, Christ is wearing a coral bracelet, the blood-red beads of which are a reference to his death on the Cross. However, coral is also seen as bringing good luck, though the Christ Child, with his upturned eyes, already appears to be beseeching God the Father. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)]() - [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)]() - [Agony in the Garden]() - [Agony in the Garden]() - [Assumption of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Bacchanalia with a Wine Vat]() - [Baptism of Christ]() - [Baptism of Christ]() - [Battle of the Sea Gods]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()