The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist
Both Mary and the Christ Child rest their hands on the Lamb of God, a symbol of Jesus' future sacrifice. St. John the Baptist, who stares reverently at Christ, is dressed in camel's skin in reference to his future ministry in the desert. Jesus' nakedness reminds us of his huma...
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, prior to 1897 [date of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 861]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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