Contarini Madonna Contarini Madonna The Contarini Madonna (Italian: "Madonna Contarini") is an oil painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini, dating from c. 1475-1480 now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. The painting shows the Madonna holding Jesus who stands on a parapet in the foreground. Below is a cartouche with the artist's signature, " IOANNES BELLINVS". The blessing Child has similar features to that in the San Giobbe Altarpiece, dating to the same decade or a few years later. His icon-like staring appearance recalls the Byzantine painting, which was one of the roots of the Venetian painting school. The background
Holly (name) Holly (name) Holly is an English-language surname and given name. Holly is a special name and known as an English or Irish surname (variant "Holley") it is either locational, ultimately derived from the Old English "hol lēah" "[dwelling by] the clearing by the hollow", or descriptive, from "hol-ēage" "hollow-eyed". In Ireland, it was also used as a translation of the name Mac Cuilinn, which is derived from "cuileann", the Gaelic name of the holly tree, and by extension sometimes of the similar-sounding McQuillan surname of Ulster. The masculine names "Holly, Hollie" were derived from the surname, but have mostly fallen