# Madonna and Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DONATELLO]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Polychrome terracotta, 102 x 74 cm ## Commentary Madonna and Child c. 1440 Polychrome terracotta, 102 x 74 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris This relief is attributed to Donatello or his immediate circle, with a disputed dating. The Madonna and Child are both looking in the same direction with concentration, even effort. The absence of the visual contact between the mother and child does not, however, in any way affect the intimacy of the scene, which is communicated in the gentle way Mary is embracing her child. The reproduction of the gilded and colourful materials is also exceptional. ## Related artworks - [Altarpiece with St John the Baptist]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Ascension of Christ]() - [Ascension of St John]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()