Saturday, July 4, 2009

Salting Madonna

Salting Madonna
by Antonello da Messina
c. 1460s
Various techniques on wood, 17 x 13.5 "
National Gallery, London

Squishy Jesus, looking spiffy in his velvet suit, has a remarkably full head of hair. He looks on in amazement as two ax-blade winged angels lower a crown on his mom's head.

Really, this is a gorgeous painting, but so NOT a painting of a baby.

1 comment:

Oscar Arriola said...

This looks like a Bjork video.