Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto)
1580
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1580
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a busy sheet of paper filled with eight quick drawings of Mary holding baby Jesus, some with little John the Baptist beside them. These aren’t finished paintings—just warm-up sketches Veronese did in the 1570s. The loose lines show him trying out poses and expressions before committing to a final work. It’s rare to peek at an artist’s first ideas like this. To see how these sketches turned into polished paintings, look up other works in the subject: italy, venice.
![Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto); Architectural Studies (verso) [partially visible on recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/90586edfc8e8efd5/thumb.webp)
![Studies for Judith and Holofernes, David and Goliath, The Finding of Moses, and Others [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/e7509a7c8dd48fbb/thumb.webp)
