The Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist and an Angel
1477–1523
Medium
Pen and brown ink over red chalk
Dimensions
6 5/8 x 4 13/16 in. (16.9 x 12.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harold K. Hochschild, 1940
Accession Number
40.91.4
Tags
Art Historical Context
Nestled among the treasures of the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department is Cesare da Sesto's exquisite *The Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist and Angel* (ca. 1477–1523). This intimate Renaissance drawing captures a tender moment of divine domesticity: the Virgin Mary cradles the Christ Child, flanked by the young St. John the Baptist and a graceful angel. Cesare, a Milanese artist closely associated with Leonardo da Vinci's circle, his work with the High Renaissance ideals of harmony, naturalism, and emotional depth, making sacred subjects feel warmly human. ...
About the Artist
Cesare da Sesto · 1477–1523
Italian artist. Comment on works: Religious; History