03 — ARTWORK
Madonna and Child
- MEDIUM
- Glazed terracotta, partially gilt, 48 x 39 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 912 × 1100 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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This work is referred to as the Bliss Madonna after its last owner. The Madonna is shown within an arched niche behind whose ledge she seems to stand. The curvaceous child toddles on the ledge, steadied by his solicitous young mother. This type of Madonna became especially familiar in painting; of all niche-and-ledge Madonna paintings, <A onclick="return OpenOther('/html/l/lippi/filippo/1430/9medici.html')" HREF="/html/l/lippi/filippo/1430/9medici.html">Fra Filippo Lippi's Medici Madonna</A> is closest to the Bliss Madonna in the strong similarities of the Christ Child open pose. It is assumed that in this case it was Luca della Robbia who may have influenced Fra Filippo; it is well established that the impact of sculpture on painting was strong well into the 1440s.
CITE THIS RECORD — BIBTEX
@online{wga-rd4e4b24809a44f,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Madonna and Child by ROBBIA, Luca della},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/robbia-luca-della-rede908a85d6948/madonna-and-child-rd4e4b24809a44f},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
