Artwork
Maria mit dem Kind und dem Johannesknaben
Maria mit dem Kind und dem Johannesknaben is a paint painting by the Early Renaissance artist Unknown. It dates from 1507 and is held in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie Berlin.
About this work
Overview
The painting 'Maria mit dem Kind und dem Johannesknaben' is a work depicting a woman with two children. It is executed in paint.
Subject & Meaning
The scene shows a woman, likely the Virgin Mary, wearing a blue dress and green headscarf, holding the Christ child and the infant John the Baptist. The woman holds a book, while the children engage in an interaction, with one standing and the other sitting on her lap.
Technique & Style
The artist employs sfumato, a technique that creates soft edges by layering thin glazes of paint, to achieve a three-dimensional effect on the woman's face and hands. The contrast between the dark background and the figures' clothing enhances the colors.
Context
The painting's use of sfumato and its depiction of a religious scene are characteristic of Renaissance art.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
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The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Terranuova Madonna
Holy Family with St John the Baptist
Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and a Sheep
Muttergottes mit Kind
Madonna and Child with the Little St. John Baptist
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John
Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
madonna col bambino