Keywords: Carlo crivelli, madonna col bambino, V&A, 1480 ca. 02.JPG Artwork Q3842499 Creator Carlo Crivelli en This is a small devotional image Reminding Mantegna's paintings there are peaches and figs above Mary Their Christian symbolical meanings relate to the story of Christ Redemption peach and Fertility fig On the parapet are the pink or carnation symbol of the Passion of Christ while violets are Marian flowers enhancing the Virgin's humility and purity The fly on the parapet far right represents evil justifying the sacrifice of Christ ca 1480 tempera on panel cm 48 5 33 6 Victoria and Albert Museum Medieval and Renaissance 64a http //collections vam ac uk/item/O14935/virgin-and-child-oil-painting-crivelli-carlo/ Victoria and Albert Museum la The work of Carlo Crivelli Venetian Accession number 492-1882 own sailko see category see category at least three replicas survived 1 private collection Venice 2 ex-Collection Eissler Vienna; Duveen New York probably autograph 3 Ca' d'Oro Venice school Zampetti 1961 PD-old-100 GFDL Cc-by-sa-3 0 I Sailko Madonna and Child with an apple by Carlo Crivelli 00 Photographs by User Sailko |