Virgin and Child with Saint John

Follower of Andrea del Verrocchio

National Gallery of Art

The sculpture depicts a woman and two young children, all three adorned with orange halos. In the center, the woman holds one of the infants. The woman has curly blonde hair and pale skin with rosy cheeks, and she wears a red-orange garment with a blue robe and a white cloth over her head. Both infants also have pale skin, and the one held by the woman is nude with blond hair, while the other child on the right has curly brown hair and a ragged brown tunic. The three people are in high relief on a blue background within a frame with gold leaf designs on a blue backdrop.