Why it matters
The Virgin sits humbly before a shining rural panorama, the Christ Child in her lap, recalling Pietà compositions of the dead Christ. Devotion and landscape are given equal prominence.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1505.
- It was transferred from wood to canvas in 1949.
- The raven in the tree possibly symbolises death.
Based on the Wikipedia article Madonna del Prato (Bellini) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
