Title

Madonna and Child, late 1450s. Creator: Master of the Castello Nativity.

Caption

Madonna and Child, late 1450s. The Madonna holds the Christ in a tender embrace beneath a starry sky and before an elaborately-patterned gold cloth of honor hanging like a curtain behind them. The figures look down as if seeking direct eye contact with the devotees who would have originally knelt in prayer before the painting, presumably in their home. In representing the Christ Child nude, the artist is demonstrating his skill in depicting the human body while also alluding to the miracle of the Incarnation, or that God has become flesh and blood.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23B22_055

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,1Mb (2,2Mb) / 11,1in x 16,5in / 3318 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

blue portrait Italy Italian holding women woman people boy boys child children family religious painting infant baby babies country religion metal naked nude parent virgin museum color tenderness golden mother Christian Christianity infancy gold motherhood Renaissance location century son parenting tender concept two people nudity navy blue nakedness mum Colour Madonna gold leaf Madonna and child Virgin and Child 15th century fifteenth century tempera Virgin Mary Jesus Christ Mary Madonna young women young woman Christ Jesus Jesus Virgin Saint Mary Virgin Mother Mother of God The Virgin Mary Stella Maris St Mary Chri Walters Art Museum Heritage Art Master of the Castello Nativity Nativity Master of the Castello Our Lady of Refuge Our Lady of Mariazell Notre Dame du Folgoet Our Lady of Folgoet Master of the Nativity of Castello Jesus of Nazareth 1450s tempera and gold leaf on wood panel