# Chasuble with Medallion Depicting John the Baptist

- By: Andrea del Sarto (Italy)
- Date: 1575/1625
- Medium: Linen, plain weave underlaid with silk, plain weave with insert medallion of silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and linen in satin, split and stem stitches; couching…
- Classification: Textile
- Dimensions: 109.5 × 73.3 cm (43 1/8 × 28 7/8 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/36135)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/b40728a9-1417-79af-f6cc-03859a5241ba/full/!1074,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The primary feature of this important vestment is the tondo or circular scene showing John the Baptist standing beside the kneeling Christ, executed entirely in needlework. It is based on a fresco painted by the High Renaissance artist Andrea del Sarto that dates between 1502 and 1517.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0