
Madonna and Child
1501 · Brush and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), with touches of charcoal, on cream laid paper
44.1 × 33.4 cm (17 3/8 × 13 3/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
Benvenuto Tisi, also known as Il Garofalo, was a Late-Renaissance-Mannerist Italian painter of the School of Ferrara. Garofalo's career began attached to the court of the Duke d'Este. His early works have been described as "idyllic", but they often conform to the elaborate conceits favored by the artistically refined Ferrarese court. His nickname, Garofalo, may derive from his habit of signing some works with a picture of a carnation.
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