Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John the Baptist
c. 1628
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
94 × 122.4 cm (37 × 48 3/16 in.); Framed: 106.7 × 135.3 cm (42 × 53 1/4 in.)
Classification
oil on canvas
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
16494
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Like other ambitious painters of his day, Jacques Blanchard began his career with years of travel and study in Italy before establishing himself in Paris. Blanchard's itinerary took him to Rome, Venice, and Turin, before his return to Paris via Lyon. This tender painting of the Christ Child approached by his cousin, Saint John the Baptist, probably belongs to these years of travel. Blanchard drew on works by Titian and Veronese that he had seen in Venice for the dynamic poses and warm light, but...