Sacra Conversazione including the Infant Saint John

E109641

Renaissance devotional painting type iconographic motif

Sacra Conversazione including the Infant Saint John is a Renaissance devotional painting type depicting the Virgin and Child enthroned among saints, notably featuring the young John the Baptist interacting with the Christ Child within a unified, contemplative space.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sacra Conversazione	1
Sacra Conversazione including the Infant Saint John canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance devotional painting type ⓘ iconographic motif ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Italy ⓘ
compositionalFeature	infant John the Baptist ⓘ surface form: Infant Saint John often placed near the Christ Child figures arranged in calm, balanced grouping ⓘ hieratic central placement of Virgin and Child ⓘ unified spatial setting rather than separate panels ⓘ
developedIn	15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ
distinguishingFeature	explicit inclusion of the young John the Baptist ⓘ narrative interaction between the two children ⓘ
featuresFigure	infant John the Baptist ⓘ surface form: Infant Saint John the Baptist Madonna and Child ⓘ surface form: Virgin and Child enthroned saints ⓘ
function	private devotion ⓘ public church altarpiece ⓘ
hasMainSubject	Child Jesus ⓘ surface form: Christ Child Virgin Mary ⓘ
hasPeriod	Renaissance ⓘ
hasSetting	unified contemplative space ⓘ
hasTheme	Christological devotion ⓘ Marian devotion ⓘ intercession of saints ⓘ sacred conversation ⓘ
iconographicElement	Infant Saint John holding a cross staff ⓘ Infant Saint John pointing toward Christ ⓘ Infant Saint John wearing camel-skin or rustic garment ⓘ grouped saints sharing a common space ⓘ interaction between Infant Saint John and Christ Child ⓘ throne or elevated seat for the Virgin ⓘ
oftenDepicts	Infant Saint John in gesture of adoration ⓘ Infant Saint John indicating Christ to viewers ⓘ
relatedConcept	Sacra Conversazione including the Infant Saint John self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sacra Conversazione
religiousContext	Catholic devotion ⓘ Christian art ⓘ
symbolism	Infant Saint John as forerunner of Christ ⓘ anticipation of Christ’s Passion ⓘ communion of saints around the Virgin and Child ⓘ
timeAspect	represents Christ and John as infants ⓘ
typicalMedium	oil on panel ⓘ tempera on panel ⓘ
typicalSupport	altarpiece ⓘ chapel painting ⓘ
usedFor	meditation on the Incarnation ⓘ meditation on the role of John the Baptist ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

infant John the Baptist → iconographicTheme → Sacra Conversazione including the Infant Saint John ⓘ

subject surface form: Infant John the Baptist

Sacra Conversazione including the Infant Saint John → relatedConcept → Sacra Conversazione including the Infant Saint John self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sacra Conversazione