# Virgin and Child with Two Angels [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BOTTICELLI, Sandro]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 115 cm ## Commentary Virgin and Child with Two Angels c. 1490 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 115 cm Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna In the fifteenth century the tondo format was preferred for pictures for private devotion in the city of Florence. From the mid-century onward tondi painted on wood gradually ousted the earlier reliefs. the genre reached its apex in the 1480s with Botticelli's harmoniously elegant compositions. The tondo in Vienna was probably made with the assistance of Botticelli's populous workshop. ## Related artworks - [A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts]() - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Agony in the Garden]() - [Allegory of Abundance]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()