# Madonna and Child in a Landscape

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIANNICOLA DI PAOLO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giannicola-di-paolo-r4d4e95e7c97214>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Oil on panel, 62 x 47 cm

## Commentary

While the present Madonna is not a direct copy, the composition is evidently based on the central figures from &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/p/perugino/madonna/madonn\_z.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/p/perugino/madonna/madonn\_z.html&#34;&gt;the Madonna and Child attributed to Perugino&lt;/a&gt; in the Galleria Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples. Rather than show the figures full length, Giannicola ends the composition at the Madonna&#39;s knees and excludes the figures in the background. The Christ Child is heavily reliant on Perugino&#39;s design, while the face of the Virgin is painted very much in Giannicola&#39;s own idiom. The features are sweeter and less linear and the flesh appears softer and rounder.

## Related artworks

- [Madonna delle Grazie](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giannicola-di-paolo-r4d4e95e7c97214/madonna-delle-grazie-rd2bdcdd1e4ced5>)
- [The Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giannicola-di-paolo-r4d4e95e7c97214/the-annunciation-r6ef8465aa44f6f>)
- [The Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giannicola-di-paolo-r4d4e95e7c97214/the-annunciation-r974f639e007294>)

## Attribution

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