The Virgin and Child is an oil painting by the Italian artist Elisabetta Sirani, painted in 1663, and now exhibited at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.. Its dimensions are 86 × 70 cm.[1]
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| Artist | Elisabetta Sirani |
| Year | 1663 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 86 cm × 70 cm (34 in × 28 in) |
| Location | National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Description
Elisabetta Sirani's penetration for her Virgin and Child is much different from the tradition that Mary as the Heaven's Queen, but as a real mother who take care of her child.
The portrait signifies that the Virgin wearing a servant's Bolognese style turban as she stares her Christ child as the Christ child crowns her the crown of roses as she lean down her head to receive this crown.
On the part of the Virgin's sleeve the artist's brushwork is easy to observe when observing the pale sleeve. As its texture was thickly applied with paint.
Sirani's plain dark background view for its portrait will make its the viewers easily recognised the allegorical scene of the painting. The Virgin's only decoration that can be seen from its portrait are these blue-patterned headscarf and its gold tassel from her garments. On the pillow where the Christ child seated where the artist's signature and its date are inscribed at the pillow's gold laces.
Legacy
Sirani's painting Virgin and Child of 1663, now in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, was selected for the United States Postal Service Christmas Holiday Stamp series in October 1994.[2] This was the first work by a woman artist chosen for the series.
Notes
- ^ Lawson, Wayne (28 November 2014). "There's Something About These Mary Portraits". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Christmas Holiday Stamps". United States Postal Service: Our History. United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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References
- "Virgin and Child". National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 27 February 2019.