ROSSO FIORENTINO
(b. 1494, Firenze, d. 1540, Paris)

Madonna and Child with Putti

c. 1522
Oil on canvas, 111 x 76 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The painting is an example of the early Florentine Mannerism. Due to a change in the colour of the varnish, the colurs of the painting changed significantly.