# Virgin and Child with Saints Peter and John the Baptist (recto); Saint John the Baptist (verso)

**Pietro d' Asaro** (Italian, 1597–1647)  
n.d.  
Black chalk (recto), and black chalk and pen and black ink (verso), on ivory laid paper  
31.4 × 21.1 cm (12 3/8 × 8 5/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.3493. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/112613).

## About this work

Pietro d' Asaro painted this (n.d.). It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of black chalk (recto), and black chalk and pen and black ink (verso), on ivory laid paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Chalk.** Natural black, red and white chalks. Used together on toned paper they could give the warmth of flesh with very little effort, and they were favourites for studies from life.
- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.
- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Pietro d' Asaro](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/pietro-d-asaro)

Italian, 1597–1647

## Facts

- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Culture: Italy
- Real size: about 12 × 8½ in (31 × 21 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 16th century
- Movement: [Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/renaissance)
- Colour: grey
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148
- 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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