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The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant John the Baptist

Follower of Andrea Mantegna Italian
early 16th century
Not on view
The composition of this drawing is closely related to a rare engraving attributed to Andrea Mantegna’s follower Giovanni Maria da Brescia. It may be an example, not uncommon in the Veneto, of an unfinished sheet executed in preparation for an engraving. The rather stiff, schematic pen technique employed may be explained as an attempt to guide the engraver working with a burin.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant John the Baptist
  • Artist: Follower of Andrea Mantegna (Italian, Isola di Carturo 1430/31–1506 Mantua)
  • Date: early 16th century
  • Culture: Italian
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and greenish gray and brown wash, gray wash applied to the background, probably by a later hand.
  • Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 10 1/4 in. (27 x 26 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.372
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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