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Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

c. 1490
tempera and oil on wood

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● On view now — 117A Italian Renaissance

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified July 2026

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Saint John the Baptist, depicted here as a youth, and the Virgin were both patron saints of Florence.

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