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Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Also titled Maria met Christuskind en Johannes de Doper
Meester van de Conversazione di Santo Spirito
c. 1490 - c. 1515
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 8.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Tondi or circular paintings, often with depictions of the Virgin, gained in popularity in the second half of the 15th century. They were hung in domestic settings and increasingly prized more for their artistic value than their religious significance.
