# Virgin and Child

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SANTI, Giovanni](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/santi-giovanni-r92422c6e1dddf6>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Egg tempera and oil on panel, 68 x 49 cm

## Commentary

Giovanni Santi, the father of Raphael, moved in the orbit of the sophisticated court of Urbino. A respectable corpus of works survives by him. The Virgin and Child in London is one of his characteristic paintings. This painting displays flesh tones composed with a pronounced use of lead white pigment, producing an opaque effect nearly identical to that visible in Raphael&#39;s early paintings.

## Related artworks

- [Christ as the Man of Sorrows](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/santi-giovanni-r92422c6e1dddf6/christ-as-the-man-of-sorrows-r20281e9905acd8>)
- [Man of Sorrows](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/santi-giovanni-r92422c6e1dddf6/man-of-sorrows-r6e17814fe29a9c>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)