# Madonna and Child between St Jerome and St Bernardino of Siena [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [NEROCCIO DE' LANDI]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera and gold on panel, 98 x 52 cm \(with original frame\) ## Commentary Madonna and Child between St Jerome and St Bernardino of Siena c. 1476 Tempera and gold on panel, 98 x 52 cm \(with original frame\) Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena Around the turn of the 1460s and '70s, Neroccio and Francesco di Giorgio created together a new, <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/f/francesc/2paintin/4madonn.html'\)" HREF="/html/f/francesc/2paintin/4madonn.html">blonde and ethereal female ideal</A> in Sienese painting, of which this Madonna is an especially beautiful example. In this composition, a slender and long-necked Virgin holds before her the Child, who looks up at his mother while blessing and supporting himself on the armrest of the throne. The sweeping outline of Mary's gold-edged cloak, sharply delineated against the gold ground, still follows the Ducciesque tradition, but signs of receptivity to the new style can be discerned in every detail of the picture. The vigorous figure of the Child was inspired by the reliefs of Donatello, who spent the last years of his life in Siena. Regarding the composition, the starting point for Neroccio's work was the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/s/sano/madchild.html'\)" HREF="/html/s/sano/madchild.html">Madonna type created by Sano di Pietro</A> at the middle of the century. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation]() - [Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Mary Magdalene]() - [Madonna with Child, St Sebastian and St Catherine of Alexandria]() - [Madonna with the Child]() - [Portrait of a Lady]() - [The Angel Gabriel]() - [Three Episodes from the Life of St Benedict \(1\)]() - [Three Episodes from the Life of St Benedict \(2\)]() - [Three Episodes from the Life of St Benedict \(3\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()