The Virgin and Child
Artist: Francesco Tacconi (Italian, c. 1470 - c. 1495)
Original Dimensions: 39 1/4" x 20 3/4"
Location: National Gallery of Art, London
About Artwork: (1489) "A monumental Virgin Mary sits on a stone pedestal. The Christ Child, a solid toddler, is perched on her raised knee, his left hand resting tenderly in the curve of her left thumb and forefinger. He clutches at his mother’s veil; she cups the fingers of her right hand around his naked leg to support him. Mary looks down sadly to one side, as if contemplating the destiny of her son. This painting is a copy of a lost work by Giovanni Bellini, perhaps painted for the Chiesa degli Scalzi in Venice. It is signed and dated in Latin by the Cremonese painter Francesco Tacconi." - (National Gallery of Art, London)

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