"The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John"

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This paper provides a critical analysis of the painting, "The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John", by Renaissance artist, Andrea del Sarto, which is exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The paper also discusses the impact of del Sarto's times on his work.

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"Another value that became prevalent during the period when humanism was rising was the value of the individual becoming more important than it had ever been before. That, too, is obvious in this painting. The most important individual is the infant Saint John, and the painter could not possibly have combined better the attributes of infancy fat little limbs and chubby cheeks, and those of wisdom, depth in the eyes, sensitivity in the hand placed lovingly but searchingly on the orb, and a slight tucking of the lips, as if the baby wanted to say something, but was thinking better of it. In addition to being supremely individualized, this portrait says much about the character of saints and the concept of saintly wisdom prevalent in Europe at the time."

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