Madonna and Child Giving Blessings

Madonna and Child Giving Blessings

by Benozzo Gozzoli

1449

Tempera on silk on a wooden mount, 254 x 130 cm

Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome

This squishy Jesus is not very squishy, and not much of a baby either. He has the look of a gay eighties t.v. star. With his right hand he blesses us (peace sign) and with his left, he holds a globe, symbolic of his sovereignty over the world.

Aren't Mary's draped sleeves cool?