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Virgin and Child  1725

by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The use of forceful chiaroscuro (modeling in light and shade) is characteristic of Tiepolo's images of the Madonna and Child that were intended for private devotion. There is an element of melancholy in the way in which the Virgin embraces her son. This suggests that they both perceive his future fate, and the motif alludes to the traditional image of the Pietà, in which t...
Size: 
H: 25 5/16 x W: 19 in. (64.3 x 48.3 cm)
Medium: 
oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum