Sign in or join

See it hung

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist

Look first

  • What catches your attention?
  • Where does your eye go next?
  • What would you ask about this work?
Show me

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist, 1650/60. Etching in black on cream laid paper.

Skip to the reading

Etching in black on cream laid paper · Plate: 29.8 × 22 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

Read more at the Art Institute of Chicago

Look again

What do you notice now?

Try a quick sketch

Take a minute to sketch on any paper. No upload needed.

What did you draw first? What did you leave out?

Details and source

Museum title
Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist
Artist
Elisabetta Sirani Italian, 1638-1665
Date
1650/60
Medium
Etching in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 29.8 × 22 cm (11 3/4 × 8 11/16 in.); sheet: 30.9 × 23 cm (12 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
Credit line
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1638–1665

View in the Atlas

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist · Elisabetta Sirani, 1650/60
Fit
Shortcuts ?
Enter
Look closer
+ −
Zoom in / out
0
Fit the whole artwork
← → ↑ ↓
Pan the image while zoomed
← →
Previous / next artwork, outside this view
Esc
Close this view; press again to return to Elisabetta Sirani’s artworks

Tab moves between controls. Browser zoom shortcuts stay available.

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist, Elisabetta Sirani

+ − Zoom · Arrow keys pan · Esc Close