Saint John the Baptist with the Lamb

Andrea del Sarto painted this Saint John the Baptist with the Lamb around 1510 for the Museo del Prado. Del Sarto was called the faultless painter by Vasari for his technical perfection, combining Leonardesque sfumato with Michelangelesque monumentality Altarpieces featuring rows of standing saints served both liturgical and devotional functions, identifying the church's patron saints and giving worshippers specific objects for personal prayer Egg tempera on panel was the dominant technique of

The figure demonstrates del Sarto's mastery of tonal modeling with soft atmospheric effects and perfectly balanced figure drawing, establishing him as the leading painter in Florence after Leonardo and Raphael.