# Madonna and Child

**Giovanni Bellini** (Italian, 1424–1516)  
late 1480s  
Oil on wood  
35 x 28 in. (88.9 x 71.1 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 08.183.1. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435641).

## About this work

Giovanni Bellini painted this in the late 1480s, aged about 63. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Giovanni Bellini](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/giovanni-bellini)

Italian, 1424–1516; born in Venice; died in Venice

Giovanni Bellini, son of the painter Jacopo and brother-in-law of Andrea Mantegna, led Venetian painting for half a century. He did much to give the city its name for colour and light, adopting oil paint and developing serene altarpieces and devotional images of the Madonna and Child set in luminous landscapes. Giorgione and Titian emerged from his circle. The Feast of the Gods, painted for Alfonso d’Este of Ferrara, was later altered by Titian.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- The artist was about 63
- Real size: about 35 × 28 in (89 × 71 cm). The 20 × 30 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 15th century
- Subjects: Infants, Women, Madonna, Madonna and Child, Jesus
- Colour: red
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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