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Tender Bonds: Children in Renaissance Art
Tender Bonds: Children in Renaissance Art
From intimate Madonna and Child scenes to royal child portraits—Renaissance artists discovered the profound humanity of childhood, capturing tender moments between mother and son, playful putti, and the vulnerability of young princes.
60 minutes
11 stops
This tour explores Renaissance depictions of children across Floor 1, beginning in the Robert Lehman Collection galleries (953, 956) with intimate devotional paintings of the Virgin and Child, then moving through European Paintings and Sculpture galleries (537, 536, 522) to examine how artists portrayed childhood across different mediums and contexts—from religious scenes to royal portraiture.
Galleries: 953 → 956 → 537 → 536 → 522 → 806 → 953