# Madonna and Child and the Young St John the Baptist

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOTTICELLI, Sandro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Tempera on canvas, 134 x 92 cm

## Commentary

The Virgin is solemnly handing the Christ Child down to the young Baptist for him to embrace. It is a devotional scene that positively forces the observer to his knees. Its sentimental character reflects the emphatic piety of the early 1490s. The painting was produced in collaboration with Botticelli&#39;s workshop. It must have become extremely popular with the public, for several surviving replicas produced by the workshop are known.

## Related artworks

- [A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/a-young-man-being-introduced-to-the-seven-liberal-arts-r4ddec888515336>)
- [Adoration of the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-child-re0536d6b2f5c60>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r608a271751ea14>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r7faad32447c106>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r934359a3fa9d22>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-r37040358259034>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-r78daf05216e142>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-rc0fb2abea6442a>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-rd06e4239750b05>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-rff41692f551ef6>)
- [Agony in the Garden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/agony-in-the-garden-rffb3ef0038a821>)
- [Allegory of Abundance](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/allegory-of-abundance-rcbb9e854aacaeb>)

## Attribution

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