UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian
(active around 1550 in Emilia)

Holy Family with St Elisabeth and the Infant St John the Baptist

c. 1550
Oil on canvas, 170 x 106 cm
Christian Museum, Esztergom

In contrast with the compositions of Leonardo and Raphael, the two subgroups of mother-child - Mary with Jesus and Elisabeth with St John - are not connected with each other through their sights. The meditative figure of Joseph is obscured in the background.