Circle of Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, (Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Oil on canvas, laid down on panel
93 x 74.5 cm
Private collection
This subject was returned to several times by Raphael’s workshop and by artists in his circle. Giulio Romano, who inherited Raphael’s workshop after the master’s death, executed a painting inspired by the Madonna of the Rose: it was the so-called Madonna di Novar, now in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. More on this painting
The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and
Child is often the name of a work
of art which shows the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus. The word Madonna means
"My Lady" in Italian. Artworks of the Christ Child and his mother
Mary are part of the Roman Catholic tradition in many parts of the world
including Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, South America and the Philippines.
Paintings known as icons are also an important tradition of the Orthodox Church
and often show the Mary and the Christ Child. They are found particularly in
Eastern Europe, Russia, Egypt, the Middle East and India. More on The Madonna and Child
John the Baptist (sometimes called John in the
Wilderness; also referred to as the Angel of the Desert) was the subject of at least eight paintings by the Italian Baroque
artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610).
The story
of John the Baptist is told in the Gospels. John was the cousin of Jesus, and
his calling was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah. He lived in
the wilderness of Judea between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, "his raiment
of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts
and wild honey." He baptised Jesus in the Jordan.
According to the Bible, King Herod's daughter Salome requested
Saint John the Baptist's beheading. She was prompted by her mother, Herodias,
who sought revenge, because the prophet had condemned her incestuous marriage
to Herod. More John the Baptist
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (April 6
or March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an
Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for
its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the
Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da
Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.
Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually
large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many
of his works are found in the Vatican Palace. The best known work is The School
of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome
much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with
considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime,
though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative
printmaking. More
Raffaello
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