Axial Commons Image Treasury
Monochrome painting of the Virgin Mary in a dark hooded robe holding a nude infant Christ who touches her face, with a hilly landscape behind.

Virgin and Child

A monochrome painting shows the Virgin Mary in a dark hooded mantle, her head bowed and eyes lowered, holding a nude infant who reaches toward her face. A dark pillar and a distant hilly landscape frame the composition.

Artist
After Giovanni Bellini
Date
16th century or later
Medium
Tempera or oil on panel
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2159 px
Download full size
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1600).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection

renaissancereligious paintingsacred artoil on panelvirgin marymadonna and childvirgin and childitalian paintingtempera on panelinfant christhooded mantlemonochrome