Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist  1513

by Antonio da Correggio

Correggio spent most of his brief career in the northern Italian city of Parma. Removed from the great centers of Renaissance art, he was able to create a remarkably innovative body of work. This intimate devotional panel is a product of the artist’s youth. Here Correggio revealed his own evolving style while assimilating lessons from other masters. The panel’s pyramidal g...
Size: 
25 1/4 × 19 3/4 in. (64.2 × 50.2 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago