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Madonna and Child

possibly early 1520s
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 537
Bachiacca was a friend and associate of Andrea del Sarto, and collaborated with him and Francesco Granacci on a memorable series of paintings for a bedroom in Florence. This devotional painting shows the Madonna and Child amidst a selection of carefully depicted flowers—jasmine, cornflower, rose, and sweetbriar—all of which were symbols of the Virgin or Christ in the Renaissance. The composition, also the basis for paintings by Granacci, one of which is exhibited in this gallery, was inspired either by a relief sculpture by Donatello or, more likely, a drawing by Michelangelo, with whom both painters were acquainted.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Madonna and Child
  • Artist: Bachiacca (Francesco d'Ubertino Verdi) (Italian, Florence 1494–1557 Florence)
  • Date: possibly early 1520s
  • Medium: Oil and gold on wood
  • Dimensions: 34 1/4 x 26 1/2 in. (87 x 67.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.60.10
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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