Madonna of the Goldfinch

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Shown from the chest up, a young woman faces us holding a nude baby in her arms in this vertical painting. They both have pale, peachy skin with pink cheeks. The woman has an oval face with a thin nose, and her coral-pink, bow mouth is closed. She looks down and to our left with dark eyes under arched brows. Her hair is covered by a bone-white veil, and an azure-blue mantle is draped over her rose-pink robe, which is a darker pink at the shoulders. She cradles the plump child in her crossed arms. The baby has short, wavy, copper-red hair framing a round, flushed face with a button nose, peach lips, and hazel eyes that look at us. He holds a bird in his left hand, on our right. The bird has an off-white body with charcoal-gray wings and neck, and a strawberry-red face. The baby grasps one end of the woman’s veil with his other hand. The background is concrete gray to our left, and the right half is covered by a ginger-brown curtain.

Artwork details

Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Date: c. 1767/1770
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: overall: 63.1 x 50.3 cm (24 13/16 x 19 13/16 in.) framed: 86.4 x 73 x 8.9 cm (34 x 28 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Collection: CIS-B

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Rs. 1080

Artwork cost: Rs. 1000

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Artwork size: 8" × 10"

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