Madonna and Child

Luca della Robbia

National Gallery of Art

This relief sculpture depicts a seated woman holding a small child in her lap. Both the woman and child are sculpted entirely in white, and both have halos behind their heads. The woman is seated on bright green ground in front of a blue sky, and the child reaches towards white lilies growing from tall green stems on the right. The relief sculpture is surrounded by a frame with swirling blue and gold accents.