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Holy Family in a Landscape,

1520–30

Bonifazio de' Pitati, Italian, Venice, 1487–1553
y1990-68
The Holy Family rests in a landscape with Saint John the Baptist. The background is an example of landscape painting in Venice. A renewed interest in the natural world spread throughout Europe during the Renaissance, and landscape painting came into its own in the North around 1520. It was in Venice, however, that the effects of color and light were studied and reproduced most systematically.

Information

Title
Holy Family in a Landscape
Dates

1520–30

Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
66.2 × 102.2 cm (26 1/16 × 40 1/4 in.) frame: 98.1 × 132.4 × 7.9 cm (38 5/8 × 52 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
y1990-68
Culture
Materials