Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist early 1570s Santi di Tito Italian Santi di Tito’s work was exceptional in the latter half of the sixteenth century in Florence for its shift towards naturalism and away from the artificiality associated with much Mannerist painting. This panel, probably painted in the 1570s, recalls the work of artists who worked earlier in the century such as Raphael and Andrea del Sarto, but invests a new immediacy and painterly quality to the work of these defining artists. The exceptionally fine frame is of the same Madonna and Child with th

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist early 1570s Santi di Tito Italian Santi di Tito’s work was exceptional in the latter half of the sixteenth century in Florence for its shift towards naturalism and away from the artificiality associated with much Mannerist painting. This panel, probably painted in the 1570s, recalls the work of artists who worked earlier in the century such as Raphael and Andrea del Sarto, but invests a new immediacy and painterly quality to the work of these defining artists. The exceptionally fine frame is of the same Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist. Santi di Tito (Italian, Sansepolcro 1536–1603 Florence). early 1570s. Oil on wood. Paintings

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