The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist [SEP] collection
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist is an oil painting by Italian artist Giovanni Francesco Bezzi, also known as Nosadella, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana. Painted roughly 1550-1560, it depicts Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and John in a powerful, Mannerist style.
Description.
This depiction of the Holy Family plus St. John has many Mannerist traits: vibrant colors, exaggerated monumentality, formal complexity, and awkward
Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (Correggio, Orléans)
Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist is an oil on panel painting measuring 63 by 53 cm, dating to around 1518 and painted by Correggio and now held in the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans.
History.
The coat of arms of Charles I of Great Britain on the painting's reverse shows it was in his collection, though its first secure mention in a collection inventory is during its time in the collection of Louis