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| Keywords: Workshop of Bartolomeo Vivarini - Madonna and Child - Walters 371218.jpg In his depiction of this tender moment between Mary and Christ the artist emphasizes the figures' human qualities such as their supple flesh and the intimate relationship between mother and child Bartolomeo Vivarini and his brother Antonio led active painting workshops in Venice during the 15th century mainly producing devotional paintings like this one During this time Ethiopian rulers invited Italian painters to their courts where local artists studied their work Compare this painting with a traditional Ethiopian icon especially for the similar arrangement of Mary and Christ the soft treatment of their bodies and the close interaction between mother and son Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 165 246 1477 early Modern oil wood Painted surface H including additions on all four sides 22 1/4 x W 16 x Min D 1/4 in 56 5 x 40 7 x 0 7 cm ; Max D cm 1 accession number 37 1218 31856 Henry Walters Baltimore after 1929 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription On cartellino on modern added member BARTHOLOMEVS VIVARINVS DE MURANO PINXIT 1477 place of origin Venice Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings of Madonna and Child by Bartolomeo Vivarini Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Madonna and Child Notes in art 15th-century oil on panel paintings 1470s paintings in the United States 15th-century religious paintings in the United States Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
