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Madonna and Child  1505

by Ridolfo Ghirlandaio

Against a tranquil landscape, the Madonna sits upon a rock with the active Christ Child on her knee. The pyramidal composition, bold chiaroscuro (contrasts of light and dark), and hazy definition of the contours are evocative of the work of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). The Christ Child is in fact copied from one of Leonardo’s earliest paintings, the “Madonna of the Carna...
Size: 
H: 33 13/16 x W: 23 11/16 x D: 7/16 in. (85.9 x 60.2 x 1.1 cm)
Medium: 
oil on wood panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum