The Virgin Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
The Met
Artist: Jacopo di Arcangelo (called Jacopo del Sellaio)(Italian, Florence 1441/42–1493 Florence)
Date: late 1480s
Department: European Paintings
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Tempera and gold on wood
Dimensions: Arched top, 41 x 27 in. (104.1 x 68.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A monochrome image of a woman praying over two children in a hilly landscape with trees
Detailed Description
This monochrome image, with an arched top, depicts three figures in a landscape. In the center, a tall female figure stands with her hands pressed together in prayer, looking down. She wears a dark, heavy cloak draped over a lighter-toned dress, and a faint circular glow encircles her head. To the lower left, an infant lies on a patterned cloth. The infant is nude, with a faint circular glow around its head, and reaches its left arm upwards. Behind the infant, slightly to the left and higher, stands another child. This child also has a faint circular glow around its head and holds a slender cross-staff in one hand and a small scroll in the other, looking down towards the infant. The background features a rolling, hilly landscape with scattered trees and faint architectural structures. The foreground is dark, with some decorative elements visible on the ground beneath the figures.
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