Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John, ca. 1490 – 1500

Title

Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John

Painter

• Sandro Botticelli workshop

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

wood, transferred to blockboard

Material

• wood

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1869

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

• 11FF4222 Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child sitting on her knee (Christ-child to Mary's left) - FF - the Christ-child to Mary's right
• 11F724 Christ-child throwing his arm(s) around her neck ~ Madonna-representations
• 11H(JOHN THE BAPTIST)2 John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff - early life of male saint

Secondary

• 11F741 John the Baptist as child ~ Madonna-representations (N.B. secondary notation only)
• 49M32 book
• 11D121 cross as symbol of Christ
• 47H6 textile fabric, cloth
• 41A33 window
• 24F firmament, sky

Associative

• 41A381 loggia, verandah, porch

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