Madonna and Child with the Young St. John and Two Angels

ca. 1505 (Renaissance)

52.8 cm 53.3 cm 1 cm

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“Tondi” (circular paintings) were a popular form of domestic decoration in Renaissance Florence, especially in bedrooms where they were hung high on a wall. In this example, the Madonna holds the Infant Christ on a pillow on her knee. The child affectionately holds onto his mo...

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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1881 catalogue: no. 41, as Lorenzo di Credi; 1897 catalogue; no. 155, as school of Lorenzo di Credi]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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