  About the Artwork
  
  
  The son of the great fourteenth-century sculptor Andrea Pisano (ca. 1290–1348), Nino became an accomplished artist in his own right. Nino was receptive to new influences, particularly from France, as seen in the lyrical drapery patterns and sweet expressions of this Virgin and Child. The Virgin is depicted here as an elegant and courtly lady, a more human interpretation of the Madonna consistent with developments in spirituality in the fourteenth century.
  
  
  Title
  Madonna and Child
  
  
  Artwork Date
  between 1350 and 1360
  
  Artist
  Nino Pisano
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  1315-1368
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Some definitions include:
  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  Italian
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Medium
  White marble, pigment, gold leaf
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall (with pedestal): 46 1/2 × 29 × 25 inches (118.1 × 73.7 × 63.5 cm)
  Overall (without pedestal): 30  × 11 × 6 1/4 inches (76.2 × 27.9 × 15.9 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Sculpture
  
  
  Department
  European Sculpture and Dec Arts
  
  
  Credit
  Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  27.150
  
  
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