CAMBIASO, Luca
(b. 1527, Genova, d. 1585, Madrid)

Virgin and Child with the Young St John the Baptist

1550-55
Oil on wood panel, 91 x 80 cm
Private collection

The stylistic characteristics of this painting, such as rounded faces and narrow, elongated eyes seem to be a general reflection of the foreign presence in Genoese painting at this time.