The Holy Family (?)
Baccio Bandinelli
1488–1560
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
13-1/16 x 8-1/4 in. (33.2 x 21.0 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession Number
12.56.6
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
ChristVirgin MaryHoly FamilySaint Joseph
About the Artist
Baccio Bandinelli · 1493–1560
Bandinelli was the son of Michelangelo de'Brandini, a successful Florentine goldsmith. Baccio was a loyal subject of the Medici, even when they were in exile 1494-1513; consequently he was rewarded by receiving commissions after the elections to the papacy of Leo X (Giovanni de' Medici) and Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici), and after Cosimo de' Medici became Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1537. His polit...