ANDREA DEL SARTO
(b. 1486, Firenze, d. 1530, Firenze)

Madonna and Child with St Elisabeth, the Infant St John, and Two Angels

1515-16
Oil on wood, 141 x 106 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

According to Vasari, this painting is one of the two Madonnas painted by Andrea del Sarto for François I around 1516. The subject is the visit of St Elisabeth and the Infant St John at the Virgin and her Child.