Virgin and Child, pen and brown ink on blue paper

A seated Virgin holds the Christ Child on her lap within a framed rectangular niche, rendered in pen and brown ink with brown wash on blue-grey paper. The Virgin wears a veil and loose robe, her head inclined, while the child, nude, reaches toward her chin. The lines are fine and the wash modest.

Artist

Giovanni Bellini

Date

n.d.

Medium

Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, on blue laid paper, edge mounted to cream wove card

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2741 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Charles R. Feldstein