A light-skinned, blond Virgin Mary in blue holds a child, his arms reaching around her neck and face upturned toward hers. At left, an angel looks on.

Virgin and Child with an Angel

Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1446–1510)

Date
1475–85
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
33¾ × 23¼ in (85.8 × 59.1 cm)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1954.283. See the museum’s record
Credit
Max and Leola Epstein Collection

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24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 3.2 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Virgin and Child with an Angel: a 24 × 36 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24 × 36 in portrait print (61 × 91 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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