Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, Saint Cecilia, and Angels
c. 1505
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
Diam.: 75 cm (29 9/16 in.); Framed: Diam.: 104.2 cm (41 in.)
Classification
painting
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
188974
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Piero di Cosimo was known as one of the most unorthodox artists in Renaissance Florence. His paintings enliven traditional themes through imaginative inventions. Here, John the Baptist offers plums to the infant Jesus, who eagerly devours one while another lies half-eaten on the ground. At right, Saint Cecilia, patron of musicians, sings from a book of music, while wingless angels look on in the background. The shadowed effect in the figures surrounding the Virgin and Child indicate that Piero ...
About the Artist
Piero di Cosimo · 1462–1521
Comment on works: Religious