Madonna with Child with Young John the Baptist (Cranach)

Madonna with Child with Young John the Baptist is a painting by the Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder, dating from 1514. It is housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence. The work was originally in the Florence Charterhouse, outside the city. Although stolen in 1973, it was recovered in 2001. The bright colors, the dominant figures, and the composition are typical of Italian Renaissance painting, which was well known by Cranach.

Madonna with Child with Young John the Baptist (Cranach)

Madonna with Child with Young John the Baptist is a painting by the Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder, dating from 1514. It is housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence. The work was originally in the Florence Charterhouse, outside the city. Although stolen in 1973, it was recovered in 2001. The bright colors, the dominant figures, and the composition are typical of Italian Renaissance painting, which was well known by Cranach.