Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist

Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist — Jacopino del Conte. 1535–40.

Medium: Oil on panel. Dimensions: 165.5 × 126.7 × 5.8 cm (65 3/16 × 49 15/16 × 2 5/16 in.); Framed: 198.5 × 159.6 × 32.3 cm (78 1/8 × 62 13/16 × 12 3/4 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Mary holds the infant Jesus on her lap as she turns to her cousin Elizabeth, whose son, John the Baptist, kneels at her feet. John’s unlikely birth to the elderly Elizabeth prefigured the miraculous birth of Jesus, and John later preached to his divine cousin’s followers and baptized them into the faith. Here, the artist placed the biblical figures in a contemporary setting with recognizable elements of a 16th-century Florentine interior, including the portable terracotta vessel holding heated coals, called a brazier, and a fireplace made of gray sandstone ( pietra serena ). One of the most successful artists working in the Mannerist style, Jacopino del Conte had a long career in Florence and Rome that bridged the early and late 16th century. His paintings carried forward the vibrant, colorful palette; elegant and monumental figures; and energetic compositions of his stylistic origins in the Florentine circle of Andrea del Sarto , Jacopo Pontormo , and Agnolo Bronzino .

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