BOTTICELLI, Sandro
(b. 1445, Firenze, d. 1510, Firenze)

Madonna and Child with an Angel

1467-68
Tempera on panel, 152 x 77 cm
Musée Fesch, Ajaccio

This picture of the Virgin by Botticelli is among his earliest paintings. It reveals the close extent to which the young artist imitated the depictions of the Virgin done by Fra Filippo Lippi, his teacher.