# Virgin and Child

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FOPPA, Vincenzo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/foppa-vincenzo-r313bfae859d2ff>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Poplar, 57 x 41 cm

## Commentary

Stoical yet sad, Foppa&#39;s Virgin and Child betrays traces of Gothic intensity but the powerfully blocked out forms of mother and Child point to new developments initiated by Fra Filippo Lippi and followed by Piero della Francesca and Mantegna. Here Mary and Jesus take on the roles of the new, redemptive Adam and Eve, symbolized by the Virgin holding a fruit for her Son&#39;s taking.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Christ Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/foppa-vincenzo-r313bfae859d2ff/adoration-of-the-christ-child-rcb063e4cd83858>)
- [Altarpiece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/foppa-vincenzo-r313bfae859d2ff/altarpiece-re71db4f995c445>)
- [Bottigella Altarpiece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/foppa-vincenzo-r313bfae859d2ff/bottigella-altarpiece-rc87a93ac2bb8b5>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/foppa-vincenzo-r313bfae859d2ff/crucifixion-r52ca5308905c5e>)
- [Madonna and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/foppa-vincenzo-r313bfae859d2ff/madonna-and-child-r74e92d2a5c7720>)
- [Madonna and Child with an Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/foppa-vincenzo-r313bfae859d2ff/madonna-and-child-with-an-angel-rf25fce1bb47bb2>)
- [Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/foppa-vincenzo-r313bfae859d2ff/madonna-and-child-with-st-john-the-baptist-and-st-john-the-evangelist-r82f4fbcf8fc6ec>)
- [Madonna of the Book](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/foppa-vincenzo-r313bfae859d2ff/madonna-of-the-book-r85d76cf245f184>)
- [Miracle of the Cloud and Miracle of the False Madonna](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/foppa-vincenzo-r313bfae859d2ff/miracle-of-the-cloud-and-miracle-of-the-false-madonna-r06367269e5790b>)
- [Miracle of the False Madonna](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/foppa-vincenzo-r313bfae859d2ff/miracle-of-the-false-madonna-ra8a43d869b68b1>)
- [Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/foppa-vincenzo-r313bfae859d2ff/portrait-of-an-elderly-gentleman-rd836e41577f84c>)
- [Portrait of Giovanni Francesco Brivio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/foppa-vincenzo-r313bfae859d2ff/portrait-of-giovanni-francesco-brivio-r34fc155e7370cf>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)