Madonna and Child in a Landscape
| Title | Madonna and Child in a Landscape |
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| Date | Ca. 1515 |
| Medium | Oil on panel |
| Dimensions | Overall: 23 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (60.3 x 49.5 cm) Framed: 34 × 29 1/2 × 3 1/8 in. (86.4 × 74.9 × 7.9 cm) |
| Credit Line | The Samuel H. Kress Study Collection, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 62.160 |
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A young woman sitting in front of a hilly landscape holding an infant. She is wearing red and gold robes. Her eyes are downcast towards the infant.
This image of the Madonna and Child is a variation of a popular composition in the oeuvre of Giovanni Bellini. Bellini, one of the most important artists in Renaissance Venice, was an early pioneer of oil painting in Italy, where tempera had long been the preferred medium. He took full advantage of the special properties of oil paint to achieve the soft luminosity and rich coloration that characterizes Venetian Renaissance painting. Bellini, perhaps influenced by the prominence of landscape in Flemish painting, also gave pastoral landscapes an important role in his religious paintings. The Eskenazi Museum of Art painting is believed to be a product of Bellini’s large workshop; some scholars have attributed it to Lattanzio da Rimini (fl. 1492–1524), one of Bellini’s most talented assistants.
| Student of | Giovanni Bellini (Italian, 1431/1436–1516) |
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Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"Madonna and Child in a Landscape | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=62.160