![Renaissance Artists Were Really Bad At Drawing Babies](https://dailytimes247.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/renaissance-babies1.jpg)
The Renaissance artists repeatedly did something that we balk at today – they painted children like miniaturized old men. This was probably due to the fact that the concept of childhood is a relatively recent trend in history, but in some 15th and 16th century works, it looks like the painter never laid eyes on a baby.