The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist; (reverse) Trompe-l'oeil with Painting of The Man of Sorrows, by Bernard van Orley, ca. 1514–15
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The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist; (reverse) Trompe-l'oeil with Painting of The Man of Sorrows

Bernard van Orley (Netherlandish, Brussels ca. 1492–1541/42 Brussels)

ca. 1514–15

Medium
Oil on wood
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
25 × 30 in. (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Culture
Netherlandish
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Paintings
Credit line
Bequest of Hertha Katz, 2000
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art