# Madonna and Child

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER of the Castello Nativity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-castello-nativity-r080d6f4b9529ff>)
- Date: 1401-1450
- Technique: Oil on wood, 70 x 47 cm

## Commentary

The sources of inspiration for this painting are Filippo Lippi and Luca della Robbia. The delicately featured Virgin is shown standing in front of a marble niche, reading from a devotional book. Her pose and attitude are those of the Annunciate Virgin and must have been taken from an &lt;A onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/l/lippi/filippo/1440/02annunc.html&#39;\)&#34; HREF=&#34;/html/l/lippi/filippo/1440/02annunc.html&#34;&gt;altarpiece like that painted by Filippo Lippi&lt;/A&gt; for the convent of Le Murate in Florence. The child mischievously slips his right hand into his mother&#39;s dress while in his left hand he holds a pomegranate \(symbolic of the church\). His active engagement of the viewer and the manner in which he raises one leg, pushing against his mother&#39;s arm, are motifs that belong to the repertory of Luca della Robbia.

## Related artworks

- [Madonna Adoring the Infant Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-castello-nativity-r080d6f4b9529ff/madonna-adoring-the-infant-christ-rb7c3baa03b3202>)
- [Madonna and Child Enthroned](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-castello-nativity-r080d6f4b9529ff/madonna-and-child-enthroned-r5dd25284732bc7>)
- [Madonna and Child with Two Angels \(Madonna of Humility\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-castello-nativity-r080d6f4b9529ff/madonna-and-child-with-two-angels-madonna-of-humility-rc4bf6387827c1b>)
- [Madonna and Sts Justus and Clement](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-castello-nativity-r080d6f4b9529ff/madonna-and-sts-justus-and-clement-rbe2494354e72b8>)
- [Sts Justus and Clement Multiplying the Grain of Volterra](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-castello-nativity-r080d6f4b9529ff/sts-justus-and-clement-multiplying-the-grain-of-volterra-rcb82ffcb87bfb4>)
- [Sts Justus and Clement Praying for Deliverance from the Vandals](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-castello-nativity-r080d6f4b9529ff/sts-justus-and-clement-praying-for-deliverance-from-the-vandals-rf9b293124075fd>)
- [The Nativity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-castello-nativity-r080d6f4b9529ff/the-nativity-r8a75f79e04ec90>)

## Attribution

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