Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530), XVIII-XIX Follower of, Follower of - Maria en Kind met Johannes de Doper en twee Engelen (XL) - NO RESERVE

Artist: anonymous follower of Andrea del Sarto.
Dating: eighteenth or nineteenth century.
Title: Mary and Child with John the Baptist and two angels.
Medium and support: oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 98 × 75.5 cm; with frame 111 × 88.5 cm.
Signature: unsigned.
Provenance: Dutch private art collection.
Documentation: RKD registrations 1437947 and 1437946.

Artist

Andrea del Sarto (1486–1530) was an Italian painter, born and died in Florence. His work belongs to the High Renaissance and the early Mannerism. His oeuvre includes religious paintings, frescoes and portraits. The artist of the work described here is an anonymous, later follower. [Biography Andrea del Sarto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_del_Sarto)

Object description

Mary is depicted seated, with bowed head and the naked Christ Child to her right in front of her. She supports the child with her arm and hand. Her clothing consists of red and blue-green parts, with a light sleeve and a draped headdress. John the Baptist appears as a child on the lower left and reaches toward her red garment. Behind him are two angels placed close to each other. A dark background closes off most of the group; to the upper right is a landscape opening with trees and sky.

Technique and material analysis

The painting is executed in oil on a doubled canvas support. The skin areas are modeled with gradual transitions between light and shadowed tones. In the garments, folds are distinguished by more clearly defined light accents and dark areas. Retouchings are identifiable under ultraviolet light. Infrared reflectography shows no deviations.

Composition and formal analysis

The five figures form a compact group within a standing pictorial plane. Mary occupies the central position; the Christ Child forms a pronounced light accent on the right. John and the angels fill the left half. The overlapping bodies, arms and garments connect the figures and determine the inter-space. Mary’s downward-directed head and the succession of heads on the left introduce diagonal movement. Red parts of the clothing contrast with blue-green and dark tones. The landscape opening upper right adds a limited sense of depth.

Stylistic and art-historical context

The work belongs to the eighteenth- or nineteenth-century imitation of Renaissance painting by Andrea del Sarto. The compact figural grouping, the rounded bodily modeling and the coherence between postures and gestures align with the Renaissance visual language. The term Renaissance here refers to the stylistic model; the execution belongs to a later period.

Related artists

Jan van Scorel, Maarten van Heemskerck, Raphael, Fra Bartolomeo

Condition

The canvas is doubled and professionally restored. The painting has been recently cleaned and contains retouchings.

Conclusion

Mary and Child with John the Baptist and two angels is an unsigned painting from the eighteenth or nineteenth century, produced by an anonymous follower of Andrea del Sarto. The work combines a compact religious figure composition with Renaissance-form characteristics. The canvas is doubled, restored and recently cleaned; retouchings are part of the current material condition.

The work "Title: Mary and Child with John the Baptist and two angels." sits in a gilt bronze-golden wooden frame with plaster ornaments

Total dimensions: 111x88.5 cm
Medium dimensions: 98x75.5 cm

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