| Madonna and Child | |
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| Artist | Andrea Mantegna |
| Completion date | 1490-1500 |
| Medium | tempera on flax canvas |
| Dimensions | 43 cm× 31 cm(17 in× 12 in) |
| Location | Accademia Carrara, Bergamo |
Madonna and Child is a magra-tempera on flax canvas painting by Andrea Mantegna, dating to 1490-1500 or (according to Mauro Lucco) 1463-1465 . [1] It is now in the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo. [2] [3] It dates to after the painter's trip to Rome and belongs to a group of small-format Madonnas for private devotion - others include Madonna with Sleeping Child (Berlin), the Poldi Pezzoli Madonna and the Butler Madonna (New York). [4] The Bergamo work is unique among them in that it has a happy rather than melancholic atmosphere. The Christ Child wears a coral bracelet, formerly an apotropaic symbol and also a foreshadowing of his Passion. [5]