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Virgin and child

Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) | Edmond Douet

ca. 1530

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut

Tags

Madonna and Child

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 9 1/16 × 6 3/4 in. (23 × 17.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)

1486–1530 • Republic of Florence

Andrea was the leading painter in Florence in the early 16th century. He was influenced by Leonardo da Vinci, Fra Bartolommeo, Michelangelo and Raphael. He developed his own version of the classical style of the High Renaissance, anticipating some qualities of Mannerism. He is noted for paintings of religious themes and portraits.

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