Holy Family with the Virgin Nursing the Christ Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and a cat in the foreground

1650–57

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (21 × 17.2 cm)
Collection no.: 59.570.41
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Holy Family with the Virgin Nursing the Christ Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and a cat in the foreground — Bartolomeo Biscaino. 1650–57.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (21 × 17.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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