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Date : approx. between 1510 and 1514
Sizes : 76 cm x 87 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Presented by Sir Joseph Duveen (1927)
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Italian Painting
Painting
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Italy
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Saint John stands behind Christ, while the Virgin is supported by one of the Three Maries. The empty foreground intensifies the desolation felt by Mary at her son's departure. This may be Correggio's earliest surviving painting. It shows the smoky shadows and melting forms for which he was admired. The subject is not recorded in the Gospels, and is rare in Italian art.
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