Madonna and Child (Bellini, New York, 1485–1490)

Madonna and Child is a late 1480s painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York^[1][2]

Madonna and Child
Artist	Giovanni Bellini
Year	late 1480s
Medium	oil on panel
Dimensions	88.9 cm × 71.1 cm (35.0 in × 28.0 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession	08.183.1
Website	Catalogue entry

Unusually, the Madonna holds the viewer's attention with her gaze. The backdrop curtain is pulled slightly open to reveal a distant landscape showing a transition from barren hills to a verdant townscape, a metaphor for resurrection.