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The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist
Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio) (Italian, Siena 1405–1481 Siena)
ca. 1450–55
- Medium
- Tempera and gold on wood
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- Overall, with engaged (modern) frame: 9 5/8 × 18 7/8 in. (24.4 × 47.9 cm) painted surface: 8 1/8 × 16 7/8 in. (20.6 × 42.9 cm)
- Culture
- Italian
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection
- Credit line
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
