StreetArtGlobeのインスタグラム(streetartglobe) - 5月18日 17時43分

The man-babies of the @uffizigalleries 👶👼

Ever wonder why so many babies in old paintings bear a striking resemblance to little, old, bald men? 🤷🏽‍♂️😳

We explore some of the man-babies in the Uffizi Gallery to try and find out!

In the early 1300s, art commissioned by the church often featured Baby Jesus or other holy figures in their infancy. According to art historians, painters were loathe to project these revered subjects as vulnerable or weak. Instead, they tried to paint the babies to look wise and powerful. This often resulted in the babies actually looking like man babies! 🤯

As the Renaissance progressed through the 1400s and 1500s, artists began to use live models which helped them represent human anatomy more accurately in their artworks.

As such, babies and Baby Jesus paintings painted later in the Renaissance look a bit chubbier and a bit cuter.

Paintings in this post (in order):

1. Madonna and child with angels, St. John the Batist and St. Jerome. Painted by Matteo di Giovanni in 1460-1470.

2. Death of Adonis. Painted by Sebastiano Luciano detto del Piambo in 1511-1515.

3. Portrait of Giovanni de Medici. Painted by Agnolo di Cosimo detto il Bronzino in 1545.

4. As above.

5. Venus with a Satyr and two cupids. Painted by Annibale Carracci in 1587-1588.

6. Madonna and Child enthroned with Saints John the Baptist, Anthony Abbot, Stephen and Jerome. Painted by Rosso Florentino in 1518.

7. Madonna of the Goldfinch. Painted by Raphael in 1505-1506.

8. Madonna and Child with
St. Dominic, St. Peter, St. Paul and St. Thomas Aquinas. Painted by Giovanni di Paola in 1445.

9. Madonna and Child with two Angels. Painted by Filippo Lippi in 1460-1465.

10. Madonna and Child with St. Francis, St. Cosmas, St. Damian and St. Anthony of Padua. Painted by Filippo Lippi and Francesco di Stefano detto Pesellino in 1422-1457.

Which painting is your favourite? 🤷🏽‍♂️

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