The Holy Family with Saint Anne, 1640s(?)

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Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 16.2 × 19.5 cm (6 3/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

sheet: 17.1 × 20.5 cm (6 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Robert-Dumesnil 1967, no. 1, i/ii

Accession Number

2014.37.4

Artists / Makers

Louis Testelin (artist) French, 1615 - 1655

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: L. Tettelin in. fe; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Testelin / Saine Famille / seule piece gravé par l'artiste / RD III p. 101 1er. /2 collection Robert Dumesnil

Provenance

Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil, Paris (1778-1864), (Lugt 2200). François Heugel, Paris (b. 1922) (Lugt 3373). (Paul Prouté, S. A., Paris); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul

Bibliography

1967: Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris:no. 1