Keywords: Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, c. 1490.jpg Workshop of The Adoration of the Child en The perfectly round form called a tondo became popular during the 1440s Usually for domestic settings instead of churches the circular format challenged the artist to create a harmonious balanced composition within this more difficult shape The attribution has been a matter of debate Botticelli often collaborated with students including Filippino Lippi who would himself become a significant painter Lippi ™s own tondo hangs to the left Few specialists have doubted that Botticelli executed the central passages the delicate modeling of the faces the graceful poses the figures ™ profound interiority and the diaphanous veil are the artist ™s hallmarks However someone else in Botticelli ™s studio probably painted Mary ™s blue garment also the most heavily restored part of the painting tempera oil wood cm 68 Institution Cleveland Museum of Art Gallery 117 European Painting and Sculpture 1500 to 1800 Object history ProvenanceEvent 1970 acquisition Cleveland Museum of Art; Cleveland; Ohio US Credit line Leonard C Hanna Jr Fund Accession number 1970 160 http //www clevelandart org/art/1970 160 Cleveland Museum of Art Other versions PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Botticelli Adoration of the Child with the Young John the Baptist Cleveland 15th-century paintings of Madonna and Child Italian paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art Round paintings by Botticelli Madonna and Child with Saint John Botticelli Veils in art Tempera on panel |