# Madonna and Child

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## Artwork

- Artist: [JACOBELLO DEL FIORE](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobello-del-fiore-r057806ccc05472>)
- Date: 1401-1450
- Technique: Tempera on panel, gold ground, 88 x 62 cm

## Commentary

Jacobello, known for images of Madonnas, such as this Madonna of Humility, has imbued the composition with a sense of softness and tenderness rarely seen in Byzantine iconography. The formal eastern iconography of this subject, depicting the Madonna facing the viewer, holding a stiffly posed and fully clothed child, has been slightly modified by Jacobello. Here, the Madonna, seated on a grassy patch, is slightly turned towards the child with her head inclined to the right. The child, while still fully clothed, reaches out to his mother in a somewhat playful gesture.

## Related artworks

- [Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobello-del-fiore-r057806ccc05472/coronation-of-the-virgin-r9a1a6fc9f7599c>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobello-del-fiore-r057806ccc05472/crucifixion-rb251f530bf2159>)
- [Justice between the Archangels Michael and Gabriel \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobello-del-fiore-r057806ccc05472/justice-between-the-archangels-michael-and-gabriel-detail-r3efb2ce5fd7b0c>)
- [Justice between the Archangels Michael and Gabriel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobello-del-fiore-r057806ccc05472/justice-between-the-archangels-michael-and-gabriel-r0c3b10da9e9372>)
- [Triptych of the Madonna della Misericordia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobello-del-fiore-r057806ccc05472/triptych-of-the-madonna-della-misericordia-r18c3c3faacc3e5>)
- [Virgin and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobello-del-fiore-r057806ccc05472/virgin-and-child-rd1c87ec40082e2>)

## Attribution

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