The Madonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist in a Landscape
attributed to Luca Longhi (Ravenna 1507 – Ravenna 1580)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1525 - circa 1549
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
762 x 546 mm ( 30 x 21 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 792034
Summary
Oil painting on panel, The Madonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist in a Landscape, attributed to Luca Longhi (Ravenna 1507 – Ravenna 1580), second quarter of the 16th century. The elongated figure of the Madonna, dressed in pink, with a blue mantle around the lower part of her body, sits on the left, in profile to the right, her right arm by her side, her left around the Christ Child supported on her lap, who holds her neckline with his left hand, whilst twisting round to look at the boy John the Baptist, who stands on the right, facing left, pointing to the Christ Child with his right hand, holding a thin cross with its end on the ground in his right. A crepuscular mountain landscape forms the backdrop.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of inheritance tax and transferred to the National Trust under the terms of the will of Mrs Christopher Hussey (1907-2006)
Marks and inscriptions
the panel is planed down save for a boss with a red wax seal, with a coat of arms and two crests - a phoenix? and a lion with a sceptre?
Makers and roles
attributed to Luca Longhi (Ravenna 1507 – Ravenna 1580), artist