# Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

**Jacopo Bassano** (Italian, c. 1510–1592)  
1560–65  
Oil on canvas  
79.5 × 90.5 cm (31 1/4 × 35 5/8 in.); Framed: 103.2 × 115.3 × 13.7 cm (40 5/8 × 45 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1968.320. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/109323).

## About this work

Jacopo Bassano painted this in 1560–65, aged about 50. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of oil on canvas.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **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.

### [Jacopo Bassano](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/jacopo-bassano)

Italian, c. 1510–1592; born in Bassano del Grappa; died in Bassano del Grappa

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Italy
- The artist was about 50
- Real size: about 31 × 35 in (79 × 90 cm). The 24 × 36 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 16th century
- Movement: [Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/renaissance)
- Subjects: Virgin and child/Madonna and child, babies, Italy, children, woman with children, woman, biblical, saints
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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