Lot number 3523 - Auction 155
MADONNA MIT KIND

ITALIAN, PROBABLY NORTHERN ITALIAN (LOMBARDY OR VENETO), PROBABLY EARLY 16TH CENTURY. MADONNA AND CHILD Oil on wood panel on cardboard. 30.5 x 26.5 cm (R. 48 x 43 cm). Partially minimal old restoration, partially minimal retouching. Frame. Half-length depiction of the Madonna with the Christ Child in intimate, close physical contact. Mary bows her head towards the child, whom she tenderly presses to her cheek; the motif of Maria lactans is subtly suggested. The architectural background with classicist pilasters refers to the formal vocabulary of the High Renaissance. The softly modelled flesh tones, the warm colouring and the finely worked curls of the child suggest a work from the North Italian milieu. Provenance: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.