In this artwork, how is the History discussed?
The Madonna and Child in the work are identical to those in Mantegna's Holy Family with Christ as Imperator mundi in the Petit Palais in Paris. He produced several similar small-format works for private devotion during this period, of which the best is perhaps the Holy Family with Saints Anne and John the Baptist (Dresden), though the London work's background of fruit and foliage is also reminiscent of his Madonna della Vittoria (1496) and his Altman Madonna (c.1495-1505).
Holy Family with Christ as Imperator mundi Holy Family with Saints Anne and John the Baptist Petit Palais John the Baptist Altman Madonna Madonna della Vittoria London Paris