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Description: | The Virgin, Child and St John are depicted close to the picture plane in an open landscape. The seated Virgin supports the Child, who leans against her lap. He is seen at a three-quarter angle from the back, with his head turned, looking over his shoulder out of the picture. To the left stands St John, facing the viewer and pointing at him. A wooden cross lying on the ground and the Virgin's melancholy gaze anticipate Christ's death. The three figures are copied from Sarto's Virgin, Child, St Elizabeth and St John (first quarter of the 16th c., Louvre). | Subjects: | St John) religion (Virgin Child | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Sarto, Andrea del (Italian painter, 1486-1530) Æ After | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8476... | Go to resource |
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