# Madonna and Child

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASO DI BANCO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47>)
- Date: 1301-1350
- Technique: Panel

## Commentary

This panel depicts the Infant reaching for Mary&#39;s neckline, preparatory to nursing. Mother and son exchange glances in direct, intimate fashion. The panel formed the centre of an altarpiece with two half-length saints at each side \(partly lost\).

## Related artworks

- [Coronation of the Virgin \(fragment\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/coronation-of-the-virgin-fragment-r892c3c0b8bca54>)
- [Descent of Mary&#39;s Girdle to the Apostle Thomas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/descent-of-marys-girdle-to-the-apostle-thomas-r367d3f413edc59>)
- [Emperor Constantine Refuses to Bathe in the Blood of the Innocents](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/emperor-constantine-refuses-to-bathe-in-the-blood-of-the-innocents-rd4a8ca21efcb35>)
- [Entombment](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/entombment-rba70f191791eaf>)
- [Frescoes on the south wall](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/frescoes-on-the-south-wall-r38de6a323b337f>)
- [Pope Sylvester Baptizes Emperor Constantine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/pope-sylvester-baptizes-emperor-constantine-rc680a349f19d4c>)
- [Relief on the north side of the Campanile: 1. Baptism \(upper register\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/relief-on-the-north-side-of-the-campanile-1-baptism-upper-register-r5a6fcb754a6d85>)
- [Relief on the north side of the Campanile: 2. Confession \(upper register\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/relief-on-the-north-side-of-the-campanile-2-confession-upper-register-rfddbc46824903d>)
- [Relief on the north side of the Campanile: 3. Matrimony \(upper register\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/relief-on-the-north-side-of-the-campanile-3-matrimony-upper-register-r9320667a1405d6>)
- [Relief on the north side of the Campanile: 5. Confirmation \(upper register\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/relief-on-the-north-side-of-the-campanile-5-confirmation-upper-register-r5aa231b4836ab6>)
- [Relief on the north side of the Campanile: 5. Extreme Unction \(upper register\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/relief-on-the-north-side-of-the-campanile-5-extreme-unction-upper-register-r09cb0a1e629b57>)
- [Relief on the north side of the Campanile: 6. Eucharist \(upper register\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maso-di-banco-ra54c1ee1473b47/relief-on-the-north-side-of-the-campanile-6-eucharist-upper-register-ra9881de6c87b06>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)