1485 (ca.), Sandro Botticelli, The Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: The hedge of thornless roses and foreground meadow form an 'enclosed garden', a symbol of the Virgin derived from imagery in the Old Testament. This is contrasted with the geometric blocks of the rocky outcrop behind. The design of this painting, with the Virgin seen in three-quarters view kneeling in adoration of the infant Jesus, is adapted from works by Botticelli's master, Fra Filippo Lippi. The canvas support is unusual for a devotional work at this period.
1485 (ca.), Sandro Botticelli, The Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: The hedge of thornless roses and foreground meadow form an 'enclosed garden', a symbol of the Virgin derived from imagery in the Old Testament. This is contrasted with the geometric blocks of the rocky outcrop behind. The design of this painting, with the Virgin seen in three-quarters view kneeling in adoration of the infant Jesus, is adapted from works by Botticelli's master, Fra Filippo Lippi. The canvas support is unusual for a devotional work at this period.