Madonna della Loggia (Botticelli)
Painting by Sandro Botticelli / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Madonna della Loggia is a painting attributed to the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, dating to c. 1467. A tempera on panel work, it is located in the loggia of Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
Madonna della Loggia | |
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Artist | Sandro Botticelli |
Year | 1467 |
Medium | Tempera on panel |
Dimensions | 72 cm × 50 cm (28 in × 20 in) |
Location | Uffizi, Florence |
This is one of the earliest works of Botticelli where he painted a portrait of the Virgin Mary with Jesus Christ as a child, sitting in a loggia. Madonna is wearing dark blue cloak with bright red dress underneath it. Blue in Madonna's clothes represents her purity and her red dress is a symbol of love.[1] She has a head covering and a slightly visible, translucent halo. Baby Jesus is painted in a light pink robe, also with a big bright halo above his head. The loggia where Madonna and a Child are seated is depicted in brown and cream colors. On the background there is a green landscape with a road supposedly leading to the town.
This is an oil painting, 70 x 147 cm in size. Currently, Madonna della Loggia is kept in Uffizi in Florence where she arrived in 1784, given to gallery by Chamber of Commerce and Arts.[2]