Description
Madonna and Child with Two Angels brings a young, fair-haired Mary close to the infant held before her. Red clothing and a blue cloak give her figure distinct accents, while the head inclines toward the child and two angels gather behind and at the right. A broad landscape opens beyond the close group, giving the devotional encounter both an intimate center and a more distant setting.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art attributes the tempera painting on wood to Botticelli, retaining a qualified attribution rather than presenting the maker as certain. Its subject belongs to the long tradition of images intended for attentive contemplation, where small changes of position and gesture can carry the scene’s meaning. The grouping allows the eye to move among the figures while repeatedly returning to the mother and child at its heart.
Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Sandro Botticelli collection.
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