Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John

Carlo Maratti

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a black and white drawing of a woman and two children in a landscape. The woman sits on the right side, wearing a long dress with a head covering. Her hair is partially visible. She looks to her left at a child who sits to her left. The child wears only a diaper and holds an object up to another child's mouth. This second child sits on the left, viewed from the back, wearing only a diaper and a cloth wrapped around his waist. The background shows trees, bushes, and a body of water. A curtain or drapery hangs above the figures. The entire scene is encircled by a large oval line. The artist's name is written in the bottom-left corner.