The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist, Oil on wood, 53 1/2 x 39 5/8 in. (135. 9 x 100. 6 cm), Paintings, Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) (Italian, Florence 1486?1530 Florence), This grand Holy Family was painted in 1528 or 1529 for the Florentine Giovanni Borgherini, who was prominent during the city?s brief-lived Republic, before the Medici family re-established their rule. Christ shares his orb with his cousin, Saint John, Florence?s patron saint?a symbolism adopted by the Republican government