Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Artist Mariotto di Biagio Albertinelli (Italian, 1474 - 1515)

Former attribution Fra Bartolomeo (Italian, 1475 - 1517)

Depicted John the Baptist (Judean, 6 BCE – 32 CE)

Dateca. 1512-13

CultureItalian

MediumOil on wood

ClassificationPaintings

ProvenanceIn 1513, with Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino, Florence 1473–1517 Florence); sold between 1513 and 1516 to Giovanni Bernardini, Lucca; by inheritance inthe Bernardini family until at least 1909, when recorded in the Villa Bernardini at Saltocchio, near Lucca. Acquired, possibly in Genoa in 1926, by John Ringling (1866–1936), Sarasota, Florida; bequest in 1936 to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida.

Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936

Object numberSN26

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DimensionsUnframed support: 45 3/8 diameter x 1 3/8 D in. (115.3 diameter x 3.5 D cm)
Image: 44 1/2 in. (113 cm) diameter