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The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John

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The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John

Albrecht Altdorfer

1513

Medium

Pen and dark brown ink highlighted with brush and opaque white on light brown prepared paper.

Tags

Holy Family Saint John the Baptist Saints

Dimensions

8 7/16 x 5 13/16 in. (21.5 x 14.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Classification

Drawings

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Rights

Public Domain

About Albrecht Altdorfer

1475–1538

As an exponent of the Danube School, Altdorfer was indifferent to Italian Renaissance concerns for perspective and proportion. Instead he favored emotion and expressiveness, particularly in his depiction of landscapes and nature, which often dominates human forms in his paintings and prints. Comment on works: History

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