Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel, Early 1490s, Tempera on wood, Diameter 36 in. (91.4 cm), Paintings, Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo) (Italian, Florence 1456/59–1536 Florence), An angel introduces the infant John the Baptist—a patron saint of Florence—to his newborn cousin, Jesus, who is adored by his mother. The soft, diffused light—inspired by the work of the Netherlandish painter Hans Memling—creates a mood of “gentle pietistic reverie” (the critic Roger Fry, writing in 1909)
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Madonna Adoring, Child, Infant Saint John, Baptist, Angel, Early 1490s, Tempera, wood, Diameter 36, 91.4 cm, Paintings, Lorenzo di Credi, d'Andrea d'Oderigo, Italian, Florence, 1456/59–1536, angel, introduces, infant, Baptist— patron, saint, Florence—, newborn cousin, Jesus, adored, mother, soft, diffused light—inspired, work, Netherlandish painter, Hans, Memling—creates, mood, gentle pietistic, reverie, critic Roger, Fry, writing, 1909
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