''Madonna and Child with an Angel'' is an oil on canvas painting by

Moretto da Brescia Alessandro Bonvicino (also Buonvicino) (possibly 22 December 1554), more commonly known as Moretto, or in Italian Il Moretto da Brescia (the Moor of Brescia), was an Italian Renaissance painter from Brescia, where he also mostly worked. His ...

, executed ''c.'' 1540–1550, now in the

Pinacoteca di Brera The Pinacoteca di Brera ("Brera Art Gallery") is the main public gallery for paintings in Milan, Italy. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings from the 13th to the 20th century, an outgrowth of the cultural program of ...

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, which acquired it in 1911. It had previously been in

Gustavo Frizzoni Gustavo Frizzoni (11 August 1840 - 10 February 1919) was an Italian art critic and art historian. Life He was born in Bergamo to a family of Swiss origin. His father and brothers owned a silk factory and his father was a collector and bibliophile ...

's collection. AA.VV., ''Brera, guida alla pinacoteca'', Electa, Milano 2004.

References

{{16C-painting-stub 1540s paintings Paintings of the Madonna and Child by Moretto da Brescia Angels in art Paintings in the Pinacoteca di Brera