Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist (Botticelli)

Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist (Botticelli)

Infobox Painting|

title=Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist
artist=Sandro Botticelli
year=1490-1500
type=Tempera on wood
height=74
width=74
height_inch=
width_inch =
museum=São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo

The "Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist" is a tempera painting by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli. The tondo, painted in Florence between 1490 and 1500, depicts a vital subject of the Italian Renaissance iconography: the holy maternity. The painting is presently housed in the São Paulo Museum of Art.


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