Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Mary Magdalene [SEP] creator
Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Mary Magdalene
Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Mary Magdalene is a painting by Neroccio di Bartolomeo de' Landi. The painting is a tempera on wood from 1495. It is currently held by the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Background.
Neroccio was an Italian painter and sculptor born in Siena in 1447. He was from a wealthy noble family of Siena (the Landi family). He learned his artistic skills under the tutelage of Lorenzo di
Giorgio are also known to have started "a new blonde and ethereal female ideal in Sienese painting". Most of his paintings feature blond females and "Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Mary Magdalene" is a good example of this.
Some of Neroccio's paintings were probably made by his collaborators in his workshop. However, it is known that the "Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Mary Magdalene" is a work of art done exclusively by him. Most of his artworks