# The Adoration of the Christ Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BARTOLOMEO, Fra]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Tempera on wood, diameter 89 cm ## Commentary The Adoration of the Christ Child c. 1499 Tempera on wood, diameter 89 cm Galleria Borghese, Rome This painting shows the influence of Lorenzo di Credi and of the artist's careful study of Leonardo, from whom he took the sfumato, the effects of light and shade, and the laying on of the paint in thin glazes. Various themes are scattered around the landscape, complementing that of the Holy Family in the foreground. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation]() - [Christ Crowned with Thorns]() - [Christ with the Four Evangelists]() - [God the Father with Sts Catherine of Siena and Mary Magdalen]() - [Lamentation]() - [Last Judgment]() - [Madonna della Misericordia]() - [Mystic Marriage of St Catherine]() - [Noli Me Tangere]() - [Portrait of Girolamo Savonarola]() - [Prophet Isaiah]() - [Rest on the Flight into Egypt]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()