In this artwork, how is the abstract discussed?
The Madonna and Child with Saints is a tempera on panel painting, attributed to Andrea Mantegna, dated to around 1500 and now in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin. Its top left hand corner is badly damaged.At the Virgin's knee is the infant John the Baptist, with his cross, camel skin and a scroll reading Ecce Agnus Dei. In the right background are Catherine of Alexandria with her wheel, an old female saint (Anne or Elisabeth) and an old male saint (Joachim or Joseph). On the left are a female saint (possibly Mary Magdalene) and a male saint with a book (possibly John the Evangelist).
Ecce Agnus Dei Mary Magdalene Joseph Turin John the Baptist Anne Joachim 1500 Andrea Mantegna Catherine of Alexandria Elisabeth Galleria Sabauda Agnus Dei John the Evangelist