| Madonna and Child | |
| Artist: | Andrea Mantegna |
| Completion Date: | 1490-1500 |
| Medium: | tempera on flax canvas |
| Height Metric: | 43 |
| Width Metric: | 31 |
| City: | Bergamo |
| Museum: | Accademia Carrara |
Madonna and Child is a magra-tempera on flax canvas painting by Andrea Mantegna, dating to 1490-1500 or (according to Mauro Lucco) 1463-1465.[1] It is now in the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo.[2] [3] It dates to after the painter's trip to Rome and belongs to a group of small-format Madonnas for private devotion - others include Madonna with Sleeping Child (Berlin), the Poldi Pezzoli Madonna and the Butler Madonna (New York).[4] The Bergamo work is unique among them in that it has a happy rather than melancholic atmosphere. The Christ Child wears a coral bracelet, formerly an apotropaic symbol and also a foreshadowing of his Passion.[5]