That’s a great look on her face:
Giovanni Bellini, 1487
A higher-resolution image is available here from the Bellini section of the Art Renewal Center website
That’s a great look on her face:
Giovanni Bellini, 1487
A higher-resolution image is available here from the Bellini section of the Art Renewal Center website
Categories: art
Tagged: Bellini, Giovanni Bellini
6 responses so far ↓
gutster // May 28, 2008 at 5:40 pm |
Two beautiful pictures in a row!
Is this one in a museum or where?
coastalshelf // May 28, 2008 at 5:58 pm |
She’s trying to remember the sex of her child…
David // May 28, 2008 at 6:48 pm |
It’s at the Accademia in Venice, which is where I first saw it. This Bellini (there are a lot of Bellinis) is one of my favorite Venetian artists.
eric // May 29, 2008 at 6:00 pm |
Bellini’s amazing madonnas, as I remember them, often have a kind of elevated look, almost a haughtiness or a self-satisfied complacency, but this one seems to be looking down at her extremely precocious son and thinking, Who is this wise guy? What have I done? I also love the background, that green panel…
Ruth // November 22, 2008 at 5:37 am |
She is so beautiful, that I did not even see the trees when I first looked at her. Unlike her son, whom nothing keeps from looking straight ahead, she averts her gaze — in modesty — or amazement: what have I wrought?
thanks for showing it. The Obama family picture is very good: but remember: Obama said: “……, I was not born in a manger.”
Vroom // October 21, 2009 at 9:34 am |
WOW I just stumbled on this picture while doing a social project and it is awesome!