Heilige Familie (Maria mit Kind, dem Johannesknaben, der hl. Elisabeth und zwei Engeln),

um 1514/15

Material / Technology / Carrier

Pappelholz

Dimensions of the object

137,6 x 104,3 cm

Displayed

Not on display

Department

Italienische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

501

Acquisition

1806 aus der Galerie Düsseldorf

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Andrea del Sarto, Heilige Familie (Maria mit Kind, dem Johannesknaben, der hl. Elisabeth und zwei Engeln), um 1514/15, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/ZnxwPm7LXg (Last updated on 18.01.2023)

Andrea del Sarto had a significant influence on Florentine painting in the High Renaissance. His later style paved the way for Mannerism, as clearly shown in this work. He painted this extremely sensitively composed depiction of the Virgin and Child's encounter with Elizabeth and the infant St John for a silk merchant from Florence. John's pointing gesture signalises his prophecy 'Ecce agnus dei'. Through the subtly differentiated reactions of the figures, John the Baptist's message is rendered poignantly visible as the essence of this pictorial narrative.