The Holy Family
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
13 11/16 x 10 1/8 in. (34.7 x 25.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.583.1
Tags
Virgin MarySaint John the BaptistJesus
About the Artist
Francesco Primaticcio|Jean Mignon · 1504–1570
Primaticcio was the most influential Italian artist in France in the 16th century. Together with Rosso Fiorentino they created a style of mixing stucco decoration with mannerist paintings that became known as the Fontainebleau school. Italian painter, architect and sculptor. Comment on works: Religious; Allegory; History.