Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel
early 1490s
Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo) Italian
An angel introduces the infant John the Baptist—a patron saint of Florence—to his newborn cousin, Jesus, who is adored by his mother. The soft, diffused light—inspired by the work of the Netherlandish painter Hans Memling—creates a mood of “gentle pietistic reverie” (the critic Roger Fry, writing in 1909).
Several workshop replicas of this important picture (unfortunately abraded by a past harsh cleaning) survive, as well as a related composition by Fra Bartolomeo, who spent time in Credi’s workshop. The frame is a copy of an original. Circular paintings (tondi) were often displayed in bedrooms.
Title: Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel
Artist: Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo) (Italian, Florence 1456/59–1536 Florence)
Date: early 1490s
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