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| Keywords: Sodoma - The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John the Baptist - Walters 37522 - View B.jpg The little John the Baptist and the Christ Child are represented in ways that encourage the viewer to ponder their futures Held by his mother Elizabeth Mary's cousin John acts out his adult role as Christ's precursor and hands Mary a small branch shaped as a cross At Mary's feet the tiny Christ Child is shown deeply asleep in a position that foreshadows his later death Bazzi called Sodoma was fond of creating focused views of figures that give monumentality and forcefulness to the scene This type of tondo or circular painting would not have served as an altarpiece but would most likely have hung in a domestic setting Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 229 345-346 ca 1525 1530 Renaissance oil on panel Painted surface H 45 1/2 x W 44 1/8 x Approx D 1 7/16 in 115 5 x 112 x 3 7 cm accession number 37 522 19383 Bernard Berenson Henry Walters Baltimore prior to 1907 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters before 1907 place of origin Siena Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Sodoma Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Paintings of Holy Family with John the Baptist Paintings of Saint Elisabeth | ||||
