Restored in 2008 with Save Venice general funds.

This painting depicting Mary and the Christ Child accompanied by two angels is thought to have once been part of a polyptych altarpiece painted by Bartolomeo Vivarini for the church of Sant’Eufemia on the Giudecca, of which only the present lunette-shaped panel and a panel depicting Saint Roch survive. Both paintings were restored in 1971 by Save Venice’s precursor, the International Fund for Monuments, but a second, more extensive treatment of the panels was undertaken in 2008 by Save Venice (Madonna and Child) and Banca Intesa (Saint Roch).

Bartolomeo Vivarini, along with his brother Antonio and his nephew Alvise, was part of a highly prolific and sought-after family of painters from Murano active in the second half of the fifteenth century. Working in a conservative style, Bartolomeo was a painter of great technical expertise whose work is characterized by an intense color palette.

The painting was restored by conservator Lucia Tito of the CBC restoration firm, with the guidance of project director Annalisa Bristot of the Superintendency of Monuments of Venice.

For select projects, conservation dossiers in Italian containing limited textual and photographic documentation may be available for consultation by appointment at the Venice office of Save Venice and the Rosand Library & Study Center. For inquiries, please contact us at venice@savevenice.org.

Bartolomeo Vivarini (c. 1432–c. 1499)
Madonna and Child
1480, tempera and gold on wood panel
95 x 60 cm