Virgin and Child with the Infant St John

Presumably from the first decade of the 16th century is a roundel of the Virgin and Child with the Infant St John that, according to Vasari, Rustici carved in marble for the guild of silk merchants, the Arte della Seta. It seems to be a commentary on Michelangelo's marble tondi of the Virgin and Child, especially the one for Taddeo Taddei, but, unlike them, it is fully resolved and carefully finished. It also reflects a 15th-century source, Desiderio da Settignano's relief of the Virgin and Child, and emulates painted tondi by Raphael.