Madonna and Child
by FOPPA, Vincenzo, Tempera on panel, 165 x 80 cm
In this resplendent altarpiece, the central panels are particularly fine examples of Foppa’s masterly interweaving of colour and light. The Madonna’s face, lightly thrown into relief, concludes a series of circling motifs enhanced by the elegant twist of the body of the Child, as he leans over to pluck the string of the lute.