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| Madonna & Child carved ivory Sri Lanka ca. 1690 Victoria & Albert Museum |
The stiff upright virgin predominated in mainstream European art all through the 1400s, but she gradually disappeared during the 1500s. By the 17th century, virgins had learned suppleness and sinuosity. The ivory Madonna from Sri Lanka (above) though dating from the 17th century, reflects the older hieratic tradition, as adapted by the unknown Asian artist.
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| Paolo de San Leocadio Madonna & Child with Saints & Knight of Montesa ca. 1472-76 Prado |
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| Master of the Virgin of the Catholic Kings Ferdinand & Isabella Madonna & Child ca. 1491 Prado |
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| Carlo Crivelli Madonna & Child Enthroned 1472 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Carlo Crivelli Madonna & Child ca. 1480 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Giovanni Bellini Madonna & Child ca. 1470 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Giovanni Bellini Madonna Adoring Sleeping Child 1460s Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Donato de' Bardi Madonna & Child with St. Agnes & St. Philip ca. 1425-30 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Filippino Lippi Madonna & Child ca. 1483-84 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Pesellino Madonna & Child with six Saints 1440s Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Michele da Verona Madonna & Child with St. John the Baptist 1490s Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Antonio Rossellino Madonna & Child with Angels ca. 1455-60 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Ambrosius Benson Madonna & Child with St. Anne ca. 1528 Prado |
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| Francesco Francia Madonna & Child 1490s Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Cosimo Rosselli Madonna & Child with Angels ca. 1480-82 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Andrea Mantegna Holy Family with St. Mary Magdalene ca. 1495-1500 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Georges Trubert Madonna of the Burning Bush 1480s Getty |