c. 1530
The Holy Family, with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Saint Jerome
Bonifacio de' Pitati, also called Bonifacio VeroneseItalian, c. 1487 - 1553
The Virgin and child and two saints are brought together in a northern Italian landscape with the Dolomite Alps in the distance. A textile that seems suspended in space behind the Virgin makes her the most prominent figure. Venetian Renaissance painters particularly favored situating heavenly figures in earthly landscapes. Pitati was from a large family of artists that produced numerous variations on this theme.
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