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Jacopo Del Sellaio — Madonna And Child With An Adoring St. John The Baptist, Attended By A Male Saint, Before A Landscape, A Tondo
Jacopo Del Sellaio

Madonna And Child With An Adoring St. John The Baptist, Attended By A Male Saint, Before A Landscape, A Tondo

A refined Renaissance tondo by the Florentine master Jacopo Del Sellaio, depicting the tender relationship between the Madonna and Christ Child, with the young Saint John the Baptist in devout adoration. A male saint attends the sacred gathering, while a serene, luminous landscape unfolds in the background, characteristic of the period's idealized vision of nature. The work demonstrates Del Sellaio's skillful blending of tempera and oil on panel, combining delicate line work with rich, warm tonalities to achieve a sense of quiet devotion and graceful harmony.

Medium
tempera and oil on panel

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Master Paintings

May 22, 2019

Estimate: $100,000$150,000

Lot 43

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Jacopo Del Sellaio, Madonna And Child With An Adoring St. John The Baptist, Attended By A Male Saint, Before A Landscape, A Tondo

A refined Renaissance tondo by the Florentine master Jacopo Del Sellaio, depicting the tender relationship between the Madonna and Christ Child, with the young Saint John the Baptist in devout adoration. A male saint attends the sacred gathering, while a serene, luminous landscape unfolds in the background, characteristic of the period's idealized vision of nature. The work demonstrates Del Sellaio's skillful blending of tempera and oil on panel, combining delicate line work with rich, warm tonalities to achieve a sense of quiet devotion and graceful harmony.

Medium
tempera and oil on panel
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Gold, Madonna and Child, Devotional, Landscape, Religious, Italian, Tempera And Oil, Portrait, Panel Painting, Renaissance