The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist
Italian (Venetian) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1500 - 1599
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
420 x 740 mm
Place of origin
Venice
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129846
Summary
Oil painting on panel, The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist, Italian (Venetian) School, 16th century. The Virgin on the left, the Christ child on her lap, reaching forward to Joseph on the right who holds out an apple in his right hand, the infant St John on the right, holding a lamb. The infant cousins meet for the first time when they are both in Egypt. Landscape with trees and grass with distant horizon with sky.
Provenance
On loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Credit line
Knole, The Sackville Collection
Makers and roles
Italian (Venetian) School , artist previously catalogued as after Titian (Pieve di Cadore 1488/90 - Venice 1576), artist