Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John the Baptist

c. 1499/1501

Jacopo de' Barbari

Associated Names
Jacopo de' Barbari

Artist, Venetian, c. 1460/1470 - 1516 or before

The image shows four figures, with two women and two children forming the central focus. The bodies of the women are shown almost in full, sitting on the ground amidst tree trunks and a rustic woven fence. One woman is seated upright, with her hair neatly styled and possibly covered with a headscarf. The second woman, on her side, has her hair similarly styled under a cloth, leaning towards the first woman. Each woman is holding a child who appear to be toddlers with wavy hair. The women are dressed in Renaissance-style clothing with long, flowing garments featuring layers and detailed patterns. One child sits on a lap, and the other is held next to the second woman. To the left, an older bearded man is shown in profile, partially obscured by the tree structure. He is dressed in a cloak, standing or kneeling slightly away from the group. The background consists of an intricate forest scene with a mix of thick tree trunks and open skies, providing a pastoral setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 13.1 x 16.3 cm (5 3/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9064

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.151, no. 5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 97); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 35.

1943

  • Selections from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943-1944, pp. 42-43, repro.

1945

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 20.

1949

  • Ten Centuries of Christian Art, Milwaukee Art Institute, WI, 1949, no catalogue.

1957

  • The Printmaker: 1450-1950, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, 1957.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 34, repro.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 259.

1984

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.137.

Wikidata ID

Q65021325

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