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Boltraffio | The Virgin and Child / Madonna col Bambino, c. 1493-1499

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  • Artist: Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467-1516);
  • Full title: The Virgin and Child;
  • Date made: probably about 1493-1499;
  • Medium and support: Oil on walnut;
  • Dimensions: 92.7 x 67.3 cm;
  • Located: National Gallery London;
  • Acquisition credit: Bought, 1863;
  • Inventory number: NG728.



"The Virgin and Child" displays the influence of Leonardo da Vinci, in whose Milanese studio Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio was working by 1491. Among the decorative motifs picked out in gold on the cloth of honour are the inscriptions 'AVE' and 'MARIA' (Hail Mary).

Both, the Virgin and the Christ Child, poised to suckle at her breast look down, suggesting that the painting may be a fragment of an altarpiece which hung quite high up. | © The National Gallery, London



"Madonna col Bambino" è un dipinto di Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467-1516).
Eseguito probabilmente nell'ultimo decennio del quattrocento, è conservato nella National Gallery di Londra.
  • Descrizione
Questa "Madonna col Bambino" rivela una certa influenza leonardesca, derivata dell'attività del Boltraffio nella bottega milanese del maestro toscano.
Sia la Vergine che Gesù hanno lo sguardo rivolto verso il basso, a suggerire un'originaria collocazione piuttosto in alto. | Wiki