The Tadini Madonna is a

tempera Tempera (), also known as egg tempera, is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of colored pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually glutinous material such as egg yolk. Tempera also refers to the paintings done ...

painting of the

Madonna and Child In art, a Madonna () is a representation of Mary, either alone or with her child Jesus. These images are central icons for both the Catholic and Orthodox churches. The word is (archaic). The Madonna and Child type is very prevalent in ...

of about 1450 by

Jacopo Bellini Jacopo Bellini (c. 1400 – c. 1470) was one of the founders of the Renaissance style of painting in Venice and northern Italy. His sons Gentile and Giovanni Bellini, and his son-in-law Andrea Mantegna, were also famous painters. Few of Bellin ...

, now in the Accademia Tadini in

Lovere Lovere (Bergamasque: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy, at the northwest end of Lake Iseo. The houses in the city have overhanging wooden roofs, typical of Switzerland, combined with the heavy s ...

, Italy. It was originally on a panel support but was transferred to a canvas support in 1900 by

Luigi Cavenaghi Emilio Cavenaghi, an Italian painter of landscapes and genre pieces, was born in Caravaggio in 1852. He studied under Giuseppe Bertini. ''La Stanza Poldi'' and ''The Music Amateur'', are two of his best works. He also designed many woodcuts for ...

. It is thought to have originally been in Santa Maria degli Angeli, an Augustinian monastery in

Murano Murano is a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It lies about north of Venice and measures about across with a population of just over 5,000 (2004 figures). It is famous for its glass making. It was on ...

References

Bibliography

* A. Di Lorenzo, in ''Le muse e il principe. Arte di corte nel Rinascimento padano'', catalogo della mostra, a cura di A. Di Lorenzo et al., Modena, Franco Cosimo Panini 1991, pp. 294-297, n. 75 * A. Mazzotta, M. Albertario e R. Grazioli, in ''Restituzioni 2018. Tesori d’arte restaurati'', catalogo della mostra, a cura di C. Bertelli, G. Bonsanti, Venezia, Marsilio, 2018, pp. 298-306, n. 30 * p

External links

* * {{cite web, url=http://restituzioni.marsilioeditori.it/2018, title=Restoration Paintings by Jacopo Bellini category:1450 paintings category:Paintings in the Province of Bergamo Bellini, Jacopo