AT-00016220
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The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio) (Italian, Siena 1405–1481 Siena)
- Date
- ca. 1450–55
- Medium
- Tempera and gold on wood
- Dimensions
- Overall, with engaged (modern) frame: 9 5/8 × 18 7/8 in. (24.4 × 47.9 cm) painted surface: 8 1/8 × 16 7/8 in. (20.6 × 42.9 cm)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Paintings
- Department
- Robert Lehman Collection
- Credit line
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Accession no.
- 1975.1.44
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.
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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00016220
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