What the hands can tell us in Bellini’s “Madonna and Child”

"I can see a very deep sense of compassion, a mother's desire to protect her child, which she may only be able to do for a short while."

Alison Manges Nogueira

April 17, 2013

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Curator Alison Manges Nogueira on "Madonna and Child" by Giovanni Bellini.

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Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world.

Alison Manges Nogueira
Associate Curator, Robert Lehman Collection

Photography by Juan Trujillo

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