The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John

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The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John is a celebrated unfinished marble relief tondo by Michelangelo depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and the young John the Baptist in a dynamic, intimate composition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance artwork
marble relief tondo
unfinished sculpture
artHistoricalSignificance important example of Michelangelo’s relief sculpture
artist Michelangelo NERFINISHED
artMovement High Renaissance
artTechnique relief carving
sculpture in the round elements
associatedPerson Michelangelo NERFINISHED
completionStatus unfinished
compositionCharacteristic dynamic
intimate
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Michelangelo NERFINISHED
creatorNationality Italian
culturalContext Catholic art
depicts Christ Child NERFINISHED
Holy Family-related theme
Infant John the Baptist NERFINISHED
Madonna and Child NERFINISHED
Virgin Mary
format circular relief
genre religious art
hasReliefType high relief
hasTitleLanguage English
iconography Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child
young John the Baptist adoring Christ
inception early 16th century
material marble
notableFor combination of finished and unfinished surfaces
expressive treatment of figures
period Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED
portrays Jesus Christ as an infant NERFINISHED
John the Baptist as a child NERFINISHED
Mary, mother of Jesus NERFINISHED
religiousFigureDepicted Jesus Christ NERFINISHED
Saint John the Baptist NERFINISHED
Virgin Mary NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
shape tondo
styleCharacteristic emotional intensity
sculptural dynamism
subjectHeading Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist NERFINISHED
theme child saint
mother and child
workType devotional image

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Michelangelo’s Taddei Tondo title The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John
Michelangelo’s Taddei Tondo iconography The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John
this entity surface form: Virgin and Child with the infant Saint John the Baptist