Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist (Botticelli)

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, c. 1490 attributed to Sandro Botticelli. Cleveland Museum of Art.

The Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, c. 1490.^[1] It is housed in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Attribution

There has been some dispute as to whether Botticelli or his pupil, Filippino Lippi, produced this work. The painting is generally attributed to Botticelli, as it is similar to his other works of the time. The Cleveland Museum of Art attributes the painting to Botticelli and his workshop.^[1]

References

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