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| Keywords: Piero di Cosimo - Madonna and Child and St John the Baptist - Walters 37425.jpg In the 1500s a more casual grouping of Mary and the Christ Child and his cousin John the Baptist was a popular variant on the traditional depiction of the Madonna and Child emphasizing the hamnity of Christ The artist of this painting is either Giacomo Francia 1486-1557 or his brother Giulio Francia 1487-1540 They were sons of the more well-known Francesco Raibolini called Francia 1450-1517 The composition is based on that of a famous tondo round painting attributed to Piero di Cosimo 1462-1521 a famous Florentine painter and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg In the prototype the central group is seen in reverse Also the composition and setting are more elaborately conceived; the landscape is different and the Madonna looks away Sts Jerome and Bernard who appear in the distant background of Cosimo's tondo are absent from the Walters painting For more information on the present painting see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no 133 pp 200-201 between 1486 1557 Renaissance oil on panel Painted surface H 34 3/4 x W 33 15/16 x Approx D 7/16 in 88 2 x 86 2 x 1 1 cm accession number 37 425 17234 Henry Walters Baltimore prior to 1909 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters before 1909 place of origin Bologna Italy Walters Art Museum license Religious paintings by Piero di Cosimo Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review 16th-century paintings of Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John 16th-century oil on panel paintings in the United States Round paintings of Madonna and Child Black and white reproductions of paintings in color | ||||
