The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant John the Baptist, 1520–25, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and grayish brown wash over black chalk with white heightening, traces of squaring in pen and brown ink (especially evident at lower right and lower left)., sheet: 6 15/16 x 9 in. (17.7 x 22.8 cm), Drawings, Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina), This delicate composition is full of luminous and atmospheric effects achieved through a masterful use of washes. It depicts the Holy Family with Saint Anne (she is less likely Saint Elizabeth) and the infant Saint John the Baptist seated in a landscape-a 'Rest on the Flight into Egypt' with some artistic license
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Holy Family, Saint Elizabeth, Infant John, Baptist, 1520–25, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown, grayish brown wash, black chalk, white heightening, traces, squaring, pen, evident, lower right, left, sheet, 6 15/16 x 9, 17.7 22.8 cm, Drawings, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian, Caravaggio ca., 1499–ca., 1543, Messina, delicate, composition, full, luminous, atmospheric effects, achieved, masterful, washes, depicts, Anne, less, infant Saint, John, Baptist seated, landscape, Rest, Flight, Egypt, artistic license
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