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Giovanni Bellini   [1430-1516]
                                                                      Virgin and Child



                                                                      Italy, Venice, 1480-85
                                                                      109 × 85 cm, oil on wood







                                                                      This Madonna, the style of which is representative
                                                                      of the early Venetian Renaissance, is characteristic
       Highlights of the Collection                                   of Giovanni Bellini’s art. It stands out through the

                                                                      elegance of the gestures, the grace of the faces, the
                                                                      strength of the colours and the exceptional finesse
                                                                      of the design and modelling. Rarely seen in Bellini’s
                                                                      works, the intensity of the colour is accentuated by a
       Louvre Abu Dhabi                                               black monochrome background and not, as was more
                                                                      common, a landscape.








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