Madonna and Child, probably 1440s, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall, with arched top, 34 1/2 x 25 in. (87. 6 x 63. 5 cm) ; painted surface 30 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (77. 5 x 55. 2 cm), Paintings, Jacopo Bellini (Italian, Venetian, active 1424?70), Jacopo Bellini dominated Venetian painting in the middle years of the fifteenth century and was a key figure in the creation of Venetian Renaissance painting. This is one of his rare extant paintings, probably done in the 1440s