1512
oil
panel
From the collection of Galleria Borghese
Madonna and Child with The Infant Saint John the Baptist is a 1512 oil by Giulio Romano, a High Renaissance work, held at Galleria Borghese.
This painting depicts a tender scene of a mother and her two children. The mother, dressed in a pink robe with a white collar and a green shawl, sits on a red cushioned chair, cradling a naked baby in her arms. The baby reaches out to touch a small bird held by a young boy standing to the left, who is also naked except for a cloth wrapped around his waist. A small dog sits on the floor to the right. The room's dark background is punctuated by a green curtain hanging from the top, and a wooden chair with a red cushion is visible behind the mother. The overall atmosphere is one of warmth and intimacy. To learn more about the artist's use of chiaroscuro, look up Giulio Romano.
Giulio Pippi (c. 1499 – 1 November 1546), known as Giulio Romano (US: JOOL-yoh rə-MAH-noh( Italian: ) and sometimes known in French as Jules Romain, was an Italian painter and architect. He was a pupil of Raphael, and…
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