Who created "Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and St. John"?

Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and St. John was created by Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century in 16th–early 17th century.

When was "Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and St. John" created?

This artwork was created 16th–early 17th century.

What medium is "Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and St. John"?

Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and St. John is Etching with engraving.

Is "Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and St. John" in the public domain?

Yes, Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and St. John is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and St. John

Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century

16th–early 17th century

Medium

Etching with engraving

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927

Accession Number

27.78.2(146)

Tags

Madonna and ChildSaint John the Baptist

Art Historical Context

This delicate etching with engraving, titled *Madonna and Child with. Elizabeth and St.*, hails from anonymous Italian hands in the late 16th to early 17th century—a pivotal era bridging the Renaissance and Baroque. The composition captures a tender devotional scene: the Virgin Mary cradles the Christ Child, who playfully reaches toward the young St. John the, accompanied by St. Elizabeth, John's mother. Such imagery, rooted in biblical narratives from Luke, proliferated in Italian art to inspire faith and family piety amid the Catholic Reformation. The mixed technique of etching and engravin...

Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and St. John

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