# Adoration of the Christ Child with the Young St John the Baptist

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BICCI DI NERI](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bicci-di-neri-rd0d253cede325a>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Tempera and gold on poplar panel, 48 x 38 cm

## Commentary

Bicci di Neri was a very productive, popular minor master in 15th-century Florence. Leading a family workshop that had been active for several generations, he worked for a private clientele for several decades, turning out works that show little change in style and are conservative in taste. This is a characteristic painting by Bicci di Neri. While his figure types are instantly recognisable, the present work displays a sophistication in the disposition of the figures, particularly that of Joseph peering out from behind the architectural setting, as well as that of John the Baptist gazing into the the scene from the edge of the pictorial plane, which distinguishes it from the bulk of the artist&#39;s impressive catalogue.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Christ Child with the Young St John the Baptist \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bicci-di-neri-rd0d253cede325a/adoration-of-the-christ-child-with-the-young-st-john-the-baptist-detail-r4a27c73234d4c1>)
- [Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bicci-di-neri-rd0d253cede325a/madonna-and-child-enthroned-with-saints-r168fc7f3bb5be1>)
- [Nativity \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bicci-di-neri-rd0d253cede325a/nativity-detail-r67b8b3d8965553>)
- [Nativity \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bicci-di-neri-rd0d253cede325a/nativity-detail-r96cd6934ca3c16>)
- [Nativity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bicci-di-neri-rd0d253cede325a/nativity-r87a86564c8c19f>)
- [Sts Sebastian and Apollonia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bicci-di-neri-rd0d253cede325a/sts-sebastian-and-apollonia-rf6518018a438ce>)
- [The Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bicci-di-neri-rd0d253cede325a/the-coronation-of-the-virgin-r9df395177599fd>)
- [Tobias and the Angel and St Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bicci-di-neri-rd0d253cede325a/tobias-and-the-angel-and-st-jerome-r855d9d7a6c9999>)
- [Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bicci-di-neri-rd0d253cede325a/virgin-and-child-enthroned-with-four-angels-r82c82f11134304>)

## Attribution

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