Madonna and Child with Two Angels

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Artist: Vittore Crivelli
Date: ca. 1481–82
Medium: Tempera and gold on wood
Dimensions: 21 7/8 x 16 in. (55.6 x 40.6 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Golden Bole · Yellow family · #B68E4D · 18%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #4A2204 · 16%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #E0C294 · 14%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #926723 · 12%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #140C00 · 8%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #693F0C · 8%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #7A5012 · 8%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #2A3140 · 4%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #423C1A · 3%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3F3929 · 3%

Pine Needle · Green family · #303B1F · 2%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #A54D00 · <1%

Pine Needle · Green family · #2F463F · <1%

Gamboge Glaze · Yellow family · #E7B842 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #9F9787 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #9399A7 · <1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #3B181C · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #A9B9B5 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982

12 tags

Madonna and Child Both · 100%

The catalog identifies the subject as “Madonna and Child,” and the image clearly shows the Virgin holding the infant Christ.
Deities and Holy Figures Both · 100%

The catalog lists angels, and two haloed winged figures visibly flank the Virgin.
Food Both · 99%

Fruit is listed among the catalog subjects and is visibly depicted along the upper edge and in the lower foreground.
Animals Both · 98%

The catalog lists birds, and the Child visibly holds a small bird.

Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%

The garments, crown, halos, jewelry-like details, patterned surfaces, and vegetal ornament create an extensively decorated appearance.
Dense Composition Visual · 98%

Figures and objects are tightly arranged within the narrow vertical panel, leaving little unoccupied space.
Highly Detailed Visual · 96%

The panel contains numerous carefully rendered details, including facial features, hair, patterned textiles, jewelry-like ornament, fruit, the bird, and the open book.

Painting Both · 100%

The museum classifies the work as a painting, and the image is visibly a painted wood panel.

15th Century Art Metadata · 100%

The catalog dates the work to ca. 1481–82, placing it in the fifteenth century.

Italian Art Metadata · 100%

The catalog identifies Vittore Crivelli as Italian, supporting the Italian art geographic category.

Wood Metadata · 100%

The catalog specifies tempera and gold on wood, directly supporting wood as a material.
Gold Both · 100%

The catalog specifies gold, and extensive gold areas are visibly present in the halos, crown, garment borders, and ornament.

Vittore Crivelli. Madonna and Child with Two Angels. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.