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The Lehman Madonna is a c.1470 tempera on panel painting of the Madonna and Child by the Venetian painter Giovanni Bellini.[1]

Lehman Madonna
Artist	Giovanni Bellini
Medium	tempera on panel
Dimensions	72 cm × 46 cm (28 in × 18 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Website	Catalogue entry

This early work by Bellini demonstrates the influence of his brother-in-law, the Paduan artist Andrea Mantegna. The orange-colored gourds in the garland hanging behind the Madonna's head symbolize the Resurrection; the fruit at the right might be a cherry, representing the Eucharist (Holy Communion) or an apple, representing the Fall of Man in the Garden of Eden. The gourd on the left has been identified by Levi d'Ancona as a Balsam Pear.[2]

The painting was recorded in the Villa San Mauro, Rieti, Italy in 1911 and was acquired by Philip Lehman in or before June 1916. His son Robert bequeathed it in 1975 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, to which it still belongs.

As of 2018, the painting is not on view.

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- [en] Lehman Madonna

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[fr] Vierge Lehman

La Vierge à l'Enfant dite Vierge Lehman est une peinture à la détrempe sur panneau de la Vierge à l'Enfant réalisée vers 1470 par le peintre vénitien de la Renaissance Giovanni Bellini[1]. Elle fait partie de la collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York.

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[it] Madonna Lehman

La Madonna Lehman o Madonna col Bambino è un dipinto del pittore veneziano Giovanni Bellini realizzato circa nel 1470 e conservato al Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York negli Stati Uniti d'America[1].

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