Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child
Giovanni Bellini · early 1460s
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"Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child" is a tempera on wood painting by Giovanni Bellini, created in the early 1460s. Its dimensions are 28 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches (72.4 x 46.4 cm). The artwork is classified as a painting within the European Paintings department.
The painting was acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of the Theodore M. Davis Collection, through a bequest from Theodore M. Davis in 1915. No information regarding its culture, provenance, exhibitions, or literature is provided in the supplied catalogue data.
Giovanni Bellini, an Italian Renaissance painter active in the 15th and 16th centuries (circa 1430–1516), is represented in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's holdings with several other works featuring the "Madonna and Child" theme, dating from the 1470s to the early 16th century.
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