Virgin and Child

Hans Memling

Cleveland Museum of Art

The painting depicts a woman with fair skin and reddish-brown hair wearing a white headband, a white collared shirt, a black bodice covered by a red cloak with a grey lining, and a gold bracelet on her right wrist. The woman's eyes are closed. She supports a nude baby on her lap with her left hand under its back and her right hand supporting its head as it nurses at her breast. The baby has fair skin and light-colored hair and faces left and looks up. The woman and child sit on a green surface in front of a gold mandorla. The painting's surface appears cracked.