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Madonna and Child

painting by Sandro Botticelli (NGA, 1937.1.21)
VisualArtwork painting Q20173966
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Summary

Madonna and Child is a painting[1]. It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Sandro Botticelli[3]
  • Religion or worldview: Christianity[4]
  • Genre: religious art[5]
  • Depicts: Mary[6], Christ Child[7], aureola[8], dress[9], veil[10], column[11], tree[12], sky[13]
  • Made from material: tempera[14], panel[15]
  • Collection: National Gallery of Art[16], Andrew W. Mellon collection[17]
  • Inventory number: 1937.1.21[18]
  • Location: National Gallery of Art[19]
  • Commons category: Madonna and Child by Sandro Botticelli (National Gallery of Art)[20]
  • Inception: 1470[21]
  • Main subject: Madonna and Child[22]
  • Depicts Iconclass notation: 11F4211[23]
  • Title: Madonna and Child[24]
  • Height: 74.5 cm[25]
  • Width: 54.5 cm[26]
  • IIIF manifest URL: https://www.nga.gov/api/v1/iiif/presentation/manifest.json?cultObj:id=23[27]
  • Copyright status: public domain[28]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Jcmoissinac · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Federico zeri foundation image id → 15289
    Title → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Madonna and Child'}
    Collection → National Gallery of Art, Andrew W. Mellon collection
    Made from material → tempera, panel
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Depicts: aureola, Ajout par Jcmoissinac, à partir d'une analyse de l'image tirée de Q20173966."
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