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| Keywords: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - Virgin and Child - Walters 371120.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18749472 Creator Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The use of forceful chiaroscuro modeling in light and shade is characteristic of Tiepolo's images of the Madonna and Child that were intended for private devotion There is an element of melancholy in the way in which the Virgin embraces her son This suggests that they both perceive his future fate and the motif alludes to the traditional image of the Pietà in which the Virgin mourns over the body of her dead son She is often shown near or against a column which here is meant to convey her nobility and strength These small images for private use are primarily from early in Tiepolo's career before he was in great demand for large-scale commissions Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 448 558-559 ca 1720 1725 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 64 3 48 3 accession number 37 1120 25852 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 460 as Luca Giordiano Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum city Baltimore Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Tiepolos in America Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham; Springfield Museums Springfield 1978 Tiepolo Unveiled The Restoration of a Masterpiece The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996 place of origin Venice Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Religious paintings by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Madonna and Child | ||||
