Madonna and Child

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Artist: Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi)
Date: before 1508
Medium: Tempera on wood
Dimensions: Overall 13 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (34.3 x 28.6 cm); painted surface 13 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (34.3 x 27.6 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Golden Bole · Yellow family · #A78A60 · 28%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #433620 · 18%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #6C512A · 11%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #C2AA87 · 10%

Charred Umber · Black family · #261D18 · 10%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #84673D · 7%

Iron Gall Black · Black family · #1F1B1F · 5%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #A33A1A · 4%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #D4BC9E · 4%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #A0998F · 1%

Amber Varnish · Orange family · #B9833E · 1%

Pine Needle · Green family · #555D37 · 1%

Iron Rosette · Red family · #79211B · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #010301 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #333A38 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #8E6C69 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #7A6D73 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #9F929A · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1912

11 tags

Madonna and Child Both · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art identifies the subject as Madonna and Child, and the image clearly shows Mary supporting the Christ Child.
Food Both · 99%

Apples are listed among the catalog subjects, and a round apple is clearly visible in Mary’s raised hand at the left side of the image.

Renaissance Art Interpretive · 86%

The Italian attribution, early-sixteenth-century date, devotional panel format, and modeled yet stylized figures support a broad Renaissance classification, although the museum record supplies no style field.

Earth Tones Visual · 90%

The image is dominated by subdued greens, ochers, browns, muted reds, and deep blue-black areas.
Cracked Visual · 94%

A fine, irregular craquelure network is visibly distributed across the painted surface, especially in the pale background and flesh tones.

16th Century Art Metadata · 84%

The catalog display date is “before 1508,” with normalized catalog dates of 1507; this supports placement in the early sixteenth century.

Italian Art Metadata · 99%

The artist is identified in the museum record as Italian, Bergamo (?) ca. 1465–1530, Milan.

Christian Art and Architecture Both · 98%

The devotional Madonna-and-Child subject is cataloged and visibly presented through Christian iconography.

Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi). Madonna and Child. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.