The Holy Family at right, with the infant Saint John the Baptist, Elizabeth, Zacharias, and an angel at left
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 15 1/2 in. × 20 in. (39.3 × 50.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Accession Number
24.63.1551
Art Historical Context
Behold *The Holy Family at right, with the infant Saint the Baptist, Elizabeth,arias, and an angel left*, a magnificent 17th-century engraving Flemish artist Pieter de Jode II after the renowned Venetian Renaissance master Titian (iziano Vecellio), with involvement from Anthony Bonenfant Created between 1631 and 1637, this large-scale print (15½ × 20 inches) captures a tender biblical scene: the Virgin Mary, Christ Child, and Joseph on the right, joined by the young Saint John the Baptist, his parents Elizabeth and Zacharias, and a graceful angel on the left. Such compositions were beloved in ...