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The Virgin and Christ Child are painted in fresco, a technique that involved painting directly onto fresh plaster. The Virgin’s mantle would originally have been a much more vivid shade of blue. This once belonged to Austen Henry Layard, archaeologist and explorer. He was a founder of the Arundel Society, which aimed to document frescoes in Italian churches and palaces through drawings and art-historical descriptions. When it was in Layard’s collection an inscription on its modern frame noted that it was from the choir of the church at Magrè, near the town of Schio in the province of Vicenza – but we don't know now what the evidence for this suggestion may have been. The painting was once thought to be by Giovanni Bellini or one of his followers, but now the suggestion of Montagna seems more likely.
Title
The Virgin and Child
Date
probably 1481
Medium
Fresco
Measurements
H 83.8 x W 57.8 cm
Accession number
NG1696
Acquisition method
Presented by Lady Layard, 1900
Work type
Painting
