# Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and Angels

**Pietro del Donzello** (Italian, 1452–1509)  
c. 1500  
oil on wood  
Framed: 120 x 120 x 7 cm (47 1/4 x 47 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.); Diameter: 95.2 x 92.8 cm (37 1/2 x 36 9/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.792. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.792).

## About this work

Pietro del Donzello painted this in about 1500, aged about 43. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Pietro del Donzello](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/pietro-del-donzello)

Italian, 1452–1509

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Italy, early 16th Century
- The artist was about 43
- Real size: about 47 × 47 in (120 × 120 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 24 × 36 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 15th century
- Movement: [Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/renaissance)
- Colour: green
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5

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