Madonna and Child with Saints and Donor

Carlo Crivelli's Madonna and Child with Saints and Donor, painted around 1490 and now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, is a characteristic work of his mature period in the Marche. The inclusion of a donor portrait within the sacred composition reflects standard Italian patronage practice, with the patron shown in prayer before the Virgin and saints. Crivelli's distinctive decorative style—sharp, brilliant, and elaborately ornamented—makes his works immediately recognizable.

Crivelli renders the sacred figures with his trademark sharp outlines and brilliant color, with the donor portrait showing the same unsparing precision applied to the real human face as to the idealized sacred figures.