Virgin Mary and Christ Child or Tickling Madonna, 1426-1427 (tempera on board)

Virgin Mary and Christ Child or Tickling Madonna (Madonna del solletico, Madonna Casini, Madonna col bambino), by Masaccio, 1426-1427, 15th Century, tempera on board, 24,50 x 18,20 cm Whole artwork view. The Virgin Mary, dressed in red dress and blue mantle and gold, is blessing Jesus, her gesture is interpreted as a maternal gesture of tickling; the Child Jesus in swaddling clothes in her arms, grasps the pulse of his mother with her little hands and smiles, while the Mother's face is serious, as iconography of the time required; the background is a layer of gold, on which stand the halos of the two characters finely engraved Masaccio Uffizi Gallery