The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
The Met
Artist: Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)(Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome)
Date: ca. 1524–26
Department: European Paintings
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 34 3/4 x 25 5/8 in. (88.3 x 65.1 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fisch, Denise and Andrew Saul, and Friends of European Paintings Gifts, Gwynne Andrews Fund, Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill, Jon and Barbara Landau, Charles and Jessie Price, Hester Diamond, and Fern and George Wachter Gifts, 2011
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A painting of a woman in green and red holding a baby, with a man and another child nearby
Detailed Description
A vertical oil painting depicts four figures in a dark, intimate setting. In the center, a woman with fair skin and light brown hair, partially covered by a dark green veil, looks down and to her left. She wears a rich red dress beneath the green cloak, which features a subtle golden star-like embellishment on her left shoulder. Her hands gently support a nude infant with fair skin and curly reddish-brown hair, who sits on a white cloth on her lap. The infant holds a small, dark bird in its left hand and a red berry in its right, appearing to offer the berry to the bird. Both the woman and the infant have faint golden halos around their heads. To the upper right, behind the woman, a bearded man with a receding hairline and fair skin looks out towards the viewer's right. He wears a dark garment and also has a faint golden halo. His right arm is bent, with his hand resting near the infant's back. In the lower left, a younger child with short brown hair and fair skin kneels, facing the woman and infant with hands clasped together. This child wears a rough, light brown, animal-skin-like garment and has a faint golden halo. The background is uniformly dark, providing a strong contrast to the illuminated figures.
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