Madonna della Loggia (Botticelli)

The Madonna della Loggia is a painting attributed to the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, dating to c. 1467.

This is one of the earliest works of Botticelli where he painted a portrait of the Virgin Mary with Jesus Christ as a child, sitting in a loggia.

[3] Shortly after Botticelli left his master's studio, he moved to work under Andrea Verrocchio in the late 1460s,[4] when he completed painting of Madonna della Loggia.

There is an opinion that this artwork was inspired by Lippi's Madonna with Child, which was created around 1460 in Florence for Palazzo Medici Riccardi.

[2] However, Madonna della Loggia can also be viewed as a typical artwork influenced by a religious theme, depicting Virgin Mary holding Jesus in her hands.

What is common for almost all his paintings is depiction of Madonna in a loggia, a so-called European porch, an outdoor area that was a part of the building.

[9] The Madonna della Loggia was supposedly made for "private religious devotion," so-called "colmi da camera".

Madonna and Child, Botticelli (1470)
Tabernacle frame