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Object Type
print
Museum number
U,4.3
Description
Holy Family with St Elizabeth and the infant Baptist in a landscape, after Albani; the Virgin, St Elizabeth, Christ and the Baptist sit on the left, in front of a shelter; two hovering cherubs scatter flowers over them; on the right, St Joseph leans against a tree Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Charles Simonneau
After:
Francesco Albani
Published by:
Guillaume Chasteau
School/style
French
Italian
Production date
1660-1728
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
477 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
605 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After a painting formerly in the Walpole Gallery, London; see Catherine Puglisi, 'Francesco Albani', 1999, cat. No. 143.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(90)
(under Chasteau)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
holy family with saints
Associated names
Representation of:
Holy Family
Representation of:
St John the Baptist (Prodromos)
Representation of:
St Elizabeth
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Hans Sloane
(with the late Sloane stamp applied in the 1870s)
Acquisition date
1753
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
U,4.3