Madonna and Child with the Infant Baptist

Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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This is a biblical scene depicting the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus, who is seated on a cushion, with his feet resting on a stone parapet in the left foreground. The young Saint John, holding out a bird by its wings, gazes up at Mary from the bottom right corner. Mary is looking down at John, and wears a translucent veil, red dress, and is draped in bright blue robes. There is a stone relief amongst the trees behind the Virgin Mary to the left, apparently depicting Rebeccah on the right giving a bowl of water to Elieser on the left, with a camel in the centre. Red material hangs around the relief. There is a landscape background to the right with a castle on a hill, visible beyond the trees.
Title

Madonna and Child with the Infant Baptist

Date

1600–1652

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 55.9 x W 45.2 cm

Accession number

1931.127

Acquisition method

gift from Mrs E. F. Hickman, 1931

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

artist's inscription : : bl : artist's initials (mon) : AC

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