Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr

Art Historical Context

Step into the intimate world of early 16th-century Italian art with Jacopo da Ponto's *Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant, Saint Anthony of Pad, and a Female Mart*. Created between 1514 and1522, this delicate drawing measures just 10 13/16 x 11 inches and exemplifies Pontormo's early mastery as a Tuscan artist bridging the High Renaissance and emerging Mannerism. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints since 1917, it visitors to appreciate the preparatory sketches that fueled grand Renaissance altarpieces and frescoes. The composition gathers holy figures in...