Holy Family with Putti

1640

Laurent de La Hyre

Associated Names
Laurent de La Hyre

Artist, French, 1606 - 1656

This is a drawing of cherubic figures in a natural and architectural setting. The scene shows small, winged, cherub-like figures playing among trees and architectural elements like a column. They interact with a large cornucopia filled with fruits. Some cherubs climb or hang from a garland around the column. In the background are trees and a vast landscape extending into the distance, with birds flying in the sky. The composition is detailed, conveying movement and energy.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29 x 40.7 cm (11 7/16 x 16 in.)
    sheet: 29.8 x 40.9 cm (11 3/4 x 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.17.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 5, State undesc state between i and ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jonathan Bober; (R. E. Lewis, San Francisco); purchased by NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

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: F. deNobe

1988

  • Rosenberg, Pierre, and Jacques Thuillier. Laurent de la Hyre, 1606 - 1656. Geneva, 1988.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate : L. de la Hyre in. & Sculp. Cum Regis 1640; lower left in plate: L. de la HYRE invent. et fecit an 1640; lower right in plate: F. LANGLOIS alias Ciatres excudit Parisis cum Privil. Regis Christianis.

Wikidata ID

Q76347200

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