European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Virgin Teaching the Christ Child to Read Made in Italy, Europec. 1500 Pinturicchio (Bernardino di Betto), Italian (active central Italy), 1454 - 1513 Oil and gold on panel * Gallery 251, European Art 1500-1850, second floor Inv. 1336 John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
LabelTales of the Virgin teaching her son to read come from the very popular thirteenth-century text Meditations on the Life of Christ, which narrated many incidents not found in the Bible. The two appear here in the foreground of a landscape in which two other scenes are shown: on the left the Holy Family's flight into Egypt, and on the right the young John the Baptist's retreat into the wilderness.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
