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| Keywords: Sandro Botticelli - Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist - Walters 37422.jpg This tondo round painting depicts the Virgo lactans which is the Latin term for the nursing Virgin Mary The image testifies to the humanity of Christ as it shows that he consumed food like all other humans Mary is seated on the ground In this pose she is known as the Madonna of Humility The young Saint John the Baptist Jesus' second cousin gazes reverently at Christ John the Baptist was the patron saint of Florence and the painting comes from the Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli's workshop as can be seen in its graceful contours so it was most likely painted for a patron from that city A tondo was not used as an altarpiece and could be hung in a private home For more information on this tondo please see Zeri catalogue number 58 p 94 between 1495 1499 Renaissance tempera and oil on wood panel Painted surface Diam 36 13/16 x D 1 7/16 in 93 5 x 3 7 cm accession number 37 422 15551 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 31 as Botticelli Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license 3D Madonna and Child with Saint John Botticelli Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update 15th-century paintings of Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John Black and white reproductions of paintings in color Paintings of John the Baptist holding a cross Round paintings of Madonna and Child Tondo | ||||
