# The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist

**Andrea del Sarto** (Italian, 1486–1530)  
ca. 1528  
Oil on wood  
53 1/2 x 39 5/8 in. (135.9 x 100.6 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 22.75. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437609).

## About this work

Andrea del Sarto painted this in about 1528, aged about 37. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Andrea del Sarto](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/andrea-del-sarto)

Italian, 1486–1530; born in Florence; died in Florence

Andrea del Sarto, the son of a tailor, or sarto, spent almost his whole career in Florence and became its leading painter after Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael had left. His frescoes at the Santissima Annunziata and the grisaille cycle in the Chiostro dello Scalzo show his soft modelling and harmonious colour. He worked briefly for Francis I in France in 1518–19. Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino trained with him, and Vasari, his pupil, wrote his life.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- The artist was about 37
- Real size: about 54 × 40 in (136 × 101 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 20 × 30 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 16th century
- Subjects: Holy Family, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Joseph, Virgin Mary, Jesus
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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