Madonna and Child

Art Historical Context

Nestled in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings Prints collection, *Madonna and Child* a delicate etching attributed to Battista Angolo del Moro, with influences from the renowned Mannerist master Parmigianino (Girolamo Maria Mazzola). Created in an unknown date, likely during the 16th century, this print the timeless Christian iconography of the Virgin Mary cradling the infant Christ, surrounded by angels and male figures—a motif central to Renaissance devotion that emphasized maternal tenderness and divine grace. Etching, the medium here, revolutionized printmaking in the Renaissance b...