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Description: | This large tondo (circular painting) depicts the Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist. The pose of Mary and the Christ Child is influenced by Raphael's paintings and the shadowy style is inspired by the work of Leonardo da Vinci. As a young man Beccafumi went to Rome where he studied the work of Raphael and other High Renaissance artists. The elongated figures suggest that this is an early example of the Mannerist style which was adopted by artists in the mid-sixteenth century. This dating is corroborated by the close similarity of the painting to other works of the same subject painted by Beccafumi in the 1540s. | Subjects: | St John the Baptist) St Joseph figure; religion (Virgin Mary Christ Child | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Beccafumi, Domenico (Italian painter, 1486-1551) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8548... | Go to resource |
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