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Painting of Mary in a blue cloak holding a golden-haired nude infant before a red curtain, with a hilltop town and cloudy sky at left.

Madonna and Child

A painting of the Virgin Mary in a deep blue mantle with gold edging and a white veil, holding a nude, golden-haired infant who gazes upward. A red curtain frames the figures, and a distant town with hills and a cloudy sky appears at the left under the signature inscribed on the ledge below.

Artist
Giovanni Bellini
Date
late 1480s
Medium
Oil on wood
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3019 × 3718 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1489).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1908

Español: Madonna con el Niño de Giovanni Bellini

Pintura de la Virgen María con un manto azul oscuro de borde dorado y un velo blanco, sosteniendo a un niño desnudo de cabello dorado que mira hacia arriba. Una cortina roja enmarca las figuras, y a la izquierda aparecen un pueblo lejano, colinas y un cielo nublado bajo la firma grabada en el borde inferior.

Português: Madona com o Menino de Giovanni Bellini

Pintura da Virgem Maria com um manto azul-escuro de bordas douradas e um véu branco, segurando um menino nu de cabelos dourados que olha para cima. Uma cortina vermelha emoldura as figuras, e à esquerda aparecem uma cidade distante, colinas e um céu nublado sob a assinatura gravada na base.

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