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No other Renaissance painting of the Virgin and Child with saints shows the naked infant Christ sitting on a pillow on a coffin. This unique addition indicates Christ’s acceptance of and conquest over death. Meditation on Christ’s death encouraged understanding of his suffering for humanity’s redemption. A tear falls from the elderly Saint Jerome’s eye as he clasps his hand to his chest and contemplates a figure of the crucified Christ. Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, wearing the black habit of the Augustinian Order, has a sacred radiance glowing on his chest and holds a lily. There is another better-preserved and higher-quality version of this painting at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Lotto appears to have worked on both pictures at the same time, drawing and resolving the composition in the Boston version and then reproducing it on the National Gallery’s canvas.
Title
The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Nicholas of Tolentino
Date
1522
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 91 x W 75.4 cm
Accession number
NG2281
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Martin Colnaghi, 1908
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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