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The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) · ca. 1528
- Artist
- Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) Italian, Florence 1486–1530 Florence
- Date
- ca. 1528
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Size
- 53 1/2 x 39 5/8 in. (135.9 x 100.6 cm)
- Where to see it
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1922 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗
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