Madonna and Child, 1470-1480 (glue tempera on panel)

Madonna and Child (Madonna col Bambino), by Andrea Mantegna, 1470-1480, 15th Century, glue tempera on panel, 43 x 31 cm Whole artwork view. Half-length, three-quarter portrait of the Madonna, who keeps her Son in her arms; their heads are both encircled by a halo; the Child grasps her mother's neck, and looks to the sky with his mouth open, which lets glimpse his teeth; he is envelopped in a light, white drape which bares a shoulder, and has a red pearls bracelet at his right wrist; the Madonna, covered by a sky blue mantle, looks to the left with a serene expression