The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist
$63.00
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- 380g/m² cotton canvas — certified museum quality
- Solid wood stretcher bar with 0.75” gallery wrap
- HD Giclée print — colour-true to the original
- Ready to hang — hanging hardware included
The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist, painted around 1528 by the Florentine master Andrea del Sarto, was commissioned by Giovanni Borgherini at a politically charged moment when Florence had thrown off Medici rule and declared itself a republic. The painting carries a pointed political subtext: the young Saint John the Baptist, patron saint of Florence, passes a globe to the Christ Child, symbolically identifying Christ — not the Medici — as the city's rightful sovereign.
Andrea del Sarto, renowned as a supremely accomplished draftsman, choreographs the four figures' hands in an elegant spiral around the orb, binding the composition's religious and civic meanings into a single fluid gesture. His soft modeling of flesh and richly harmonious color reflect the refined, classicizing sensibility that made him one of the most sought-after painters of the High Renaissance in Florence.
Held in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this museum-quality stretched canvas reproduction is printed on premium matte canvas and hand-wrapped around a solid 0.75-inch gallery wrap frame — ready to hang and built to last.
| Artist | Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) |
| Year | ca. 1528 |
| Medium | Oil on wood |
| Dimensions | 53 1/2 x 39 5/8 in. (135.9 x 100.6 cm) |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Movement | Renaissance |
