Description
Although from Cremona, Boccaccio Boccaccino spent considerable time in Venice: the manner in which the Virgin is posed before a cloth of honor with a distant landscape derives from works by Giovanni Bellini. This charming picture, in which the child tempts a goldfish with a cherry, dates from around 1506–18 (the goldfinch is symbolic of Christ's Passion).
Dimensions
Overall 20 3/8 x 14 5/8 in. (51.8 x 37.1 cm); painted surface 20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Movement / Period
Accession No
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Continuing the Universe of Boccaccio Boccaccino
Classical Art • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
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