25/12/2024
, the and with nana and granpa ( and ) and His future youngest and , . , , 1522 circa.
The majestic architectural background of this panel, with decorations and a frieze depicting an ancient battle (clearly inspired by ), is a proof of the artist's antiquarian culture. The central group with the , and Saint Anne recalls 's model, heavily influenced by 's engravings. The cherries that St. Anne hands over to the Child symbolises the blood to be shed during the Passion. In the second half of the 16th century, since the Devolution of to the Papal States in 1598, many works by Mazzolino belonging to House d' entered the Roman and the collections.
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