Tender Bonds: Children in Renaissance Art

The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist

Gallery 956 · Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio) · 1450–60 · Met web page

Sano di Pietro depicts the birth and naming of Saint John the Baptist, combining two narrative moments in a single panel with intimate domestic detail.

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The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist by Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio)

Stay in gallery 956 and look for this horizontal panel.