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Virgin Mary and Child with St. John

Francesco Brina XVI sec. d.C./ seconda metà

The gentle depiction of the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus in her arms reaching out in greeting to her cousin, St. John, can be dated to about 1570 and, according to the latest studies, is a work by the Florentine painter Francesco del Brina.

Technical information

Author: Francesco Brina
Title: Virgin Mary and Child with St. John
Date: XVI sec. d.C./ seconda metà
Material and technique: Oil on panel
Size: 68x54 cm
Location: Palazzo Pretorio Museum
Second Floor

Francesco del Brina is remembered by Giorgio Vasari as having collaborated on the apparatus for the wedding of Francesco de' Medici to Joanna of Austria. In works of a religious nature, as in this case, he appears to be influenced by Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, to whom the painting was actually attributed until a few years ago. Francesco del Brina, like his brother Giovanni, was in fact a pupil of Michele. However, he differs in that his faces are softer in character, less sharp, and influenced by Leonardo's sfumato.