Poldi Pezzoli Madonna Poldi Pezzoli Madonna The Poldi Pezzoli Madonna or Madonna with the Sleeping Christ Child is a tempera on canvas painting by Andrea Mantegna, dating to around 1490-1500, after the painter's trip to Rome. It was bought from Giovanni Morelli's collection by Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli shortly after the 1850s and is now in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan. It was restored in 1863 by Giuseppe Molteni, who added the varnish which has now yellowed. It belongs to a group of small-format Madonnas by the painter, produced for private devotion. As in "Madonna with Sleeping Child" (Berlin) and "Madonna and
Holly River Holly River The Holly River is a tributary of the Elk River in central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Elk, Kanawha, and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in a rural region of the Allegheny Mountains. It is approximately long, or including its Left Fork. The river was named for the holly bushes along its course. The Holly River is formed by the confluence of its Left Fork and its Right Fork: From the confluence of its left and right forks, the Holly River flows westward as