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Original fileMadonna and Child with the Infant Saint John
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John title QS:P1476,en:"Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John "label QS:Len,"Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John "label QS:Ltr,"Esterhazy Meryemi"label QS:Lja,"エステルハージの聖母"label QS:Lfr,"La Madone Esterházy"label QS:Larz,"استرهازى مادونا"label QS:Lit,"Madonna Esterhazy"label QS:Lml,"എസ്റ്റെർഹസി മഡോണ"label QS:Laz,"Madonna Esterxazi"label QS:Lbr,"Madonna Esterhazy"label QS:Lhu,"Esterházy Madonna"label QS:Lsl,"Madonna Esterházy"label QS:Lde,"Madonna Esterházy"label QS:Lnl,"Esterhazy Madonna"
About This Work
The Madonna is positioned centrally in a rocky outdoor setting, gazing down at the two infants. The infant Saint John kneels on the left, while Christ reaches out to him from his mother's lap. In the background, a landscape unfolds with Roman ruins visible against a clear sky.
This work embodies the High Renaissance search for ideal beauty as a reflection of divine order, a concept central to the Neoplatonic circles of Rome and Florence. The inclusion of classical ruins signifies the Renaissance effort to reconcile the pagan antique past with Christian revelation.