Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John, ca. 1522 – 1523

Title

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Painter

• Correggio

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Canvas

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1889

Genre

• devotional image
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• Mary
• Christ Child
• young John the Baptist
• woman
• child
• group of people

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• John the Baptist as a boy

Primary

• 73B831 Mary and the Christ-child with John the Baptist (as child)

Secondary

• 11D121 cross as symbol of Christ
• 25H114 low hill country
• 24F firmament, sky