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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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