# Madonna and Child with Two Angels

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CRIVELLI, Vittore](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crivelli-vittore-rc2bf072a786a27>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Tempera and gold on wood, 56 x 41 cm

## Commentary

This charming Madonna and Child employs some of the same pictorial devices used by Vittore&#39;s brother Carlo, building up the gold to create three-dimensional embellishments. The parapet is inscribed with Vittore&#39;s name and on it are placed a carnation \(emblem of love\), cherries \(like the apple, symbol of original sin\), and a devotional book. The Child holds a goldfinch, symbolic of the Passion of Jesus.

## Related artworks

- [Madonna and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crivelli-vittore-rc2bf072a786a27/madonna-and-child-rb9408b13d61e61>)
- [Panels from an altarpiece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crivelli-vittore-rc2bf072a786a27/panels-from-an-altarpiece-r4a7f647dbe0f45>)
- [Polyptych](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crivelli-vittore-rc2bf072a786a27/polyptych-rb8b5ebcd66c565>)
- [St Jerome in the Desert](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crivelli-vittore-rc2bf072a786a27/st-jerome-in-the-desert-r46c32dd64c7fa2>)
- [St Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crivelli-vittore-rc2bf072a786a27/st-jerome-rd4cccba0037c44>)
- [Sts Benedict and John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crivelli-vittore-rc2bf072a786a27/sts-benedict-and-john-the-baptist-r421925fa8ff1f8>)

## Attribution

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