# Virgin and Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LAURANA, Francesco]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Marble, height 147 cm ## Commentary In 1474 Laurana was back in Naples; it is not known how long he stayed, but on 26 March that year he was paid for the statue of the Virgin and Child above the portal of the chapel of Santa Barbara in the Castel Nuovo in Naples. The figure follows the Sicilian Madonnas in type and style. ## Related artworks - [Alfonso of Aragon in Triumph with his Court \(detail\)]() - [Battista Sforza]() - [Battista Sforza]() - [Beatrice of Aragon]() - [Bust of a Lady]() - [Bust of a Lady]() - [Bust of a Princess]() - [Bust of Eleanor of Aragon]() - [Carrying the Cross]() - [Carrying the Cross]() - [Death-mask of a Woman \(Battista Sforza?\)]() - [Entrance Arch]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()