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Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

ca. 1497
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 604

Originally destined for a home, where it would have been used for private worship, this image of the Madonna and Child is fittingly set in a softly lit domestic interior. Beyond the window is a mill that Fra Bartolomeo copied from the Netherlandish painter Hans Memling, who was popular among Florentine patrons—evidence of the international transmission of artworks and motifs at the time. This work was painted before Fra Bartolomeo joined the Dominican order in 1500, at which time he renounced painting, only to resume in 1504.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
  • Artist: Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino) (Italian, Florence 1473–1517 Florence)
  • Date: ca. 1497
  • Medium: Oil and gold on wood
  • Dimensions: 23 x 17 1/4 in. (58.4 x 43.8 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
  • Object Number: 06.171
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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Mother and Child, Figures Fighting (Study for the Rape of Dinah?), Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino) Italian, Red chalk with traces of black chalk
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Drapery Study for a Standing Male Figure in Profile Facing Left, Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino) Italian, Black chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on tan paper
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Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino)
1512–17
The Annunciation (recto); Faint View of Buildings (verso), Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino) Italian, Pen and brown ink (kneeling angel at left), faint black chalk (the hardly legible standing figure of the Virgin at right) (recto); faint view of buildings in pen and brown ink (verso)
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A Small Town on the Crest of a Slope, Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino) Italian, Pen and brown ink
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Landscape (Wooded Approach to a Town), Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino) Italian, Pen and brown ink
Landscape (Wooded Approach to a Town)
Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino)
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