The Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist

1485–1547

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Black and some white chalk, on blue paper
Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 4 1/2in. (8.6 x 11.5cm)
Collection no.: 1975.89
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Sebastiano del Piombo. The Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist — Sebastiano del Piombo. 1485–1547.

Medium: Black and some white chalk, on blue paper. Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 4 1/2in. (8.6 x 11.5cm).

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

Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1975.

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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