The Holy Family with Saint Catherine, Saint John the Evangelist, and an Angel

1612/1616

Jacques Bellange

Associated Names
Jacques Bellange

Artist, French, c. 1575 - 1616

The image shows a group of figures depicted from the waist up in a seated position. In the center, a woman is cradling an infant. To her left is an individual with curly hair, and to her right is an older male figure with a beard. Another person behind them is holding a cup. The figures are surrounded by flowing drapery, with intricate patterns on their clothing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with stipple on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.1 × 19 cm (10 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 27.5 × 19.3 cm (10 13/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.169.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil 1967, no. 11

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Samuel Josefowitz, Pully. (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Jacques Bellange, c. 1575 - 1616: Printmaker of Lorraine, The British Museum, London, 1997, no. 5, i/ii.

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, 1967: no. 11.

1971

  • Walch, Nicole. Die Radierungen des Jacques Bellange, Chronologie und kritischer Katalog. Munich, 1971: no. 15, i/ii.

Watermarks

"standard" grapes with stalk, Griffiths and Hartley no. 1

Wikidata ID

Q77258815

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