The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John

E704752

Renaissance artwork marble relief tondo unfinished sculpture

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Virgin and Child with the infant Saint John the Baptist	1

Statements (46)

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

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