The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist

1841

Sir David Wilkie

Artist, Scottish, 1785 - 1841

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas on wood

  • Credit Line

    Timken Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 25.7 x 19 cm (10 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
    framed: 46.3 x 41.2 cm (18 1/4 x 16 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1960.6.42

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank Bulkeley Smith [1864-1918], Worcester, Massachusetts; (his estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 22-23 April 1920, 2nd day, no. 80, as Camping Gypsies). William R. Timken [1866-1949], New York; by inheritance to his widow, Lillian Guyer Timken [1881-1959], New York; bequest 1960 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 139, as Camping Gypsies.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 127, repro., as Camping Gypsies.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 376, repro., as Camping Gypsies.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 437, repro., as Camping Gypsies.

1992

  • Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 331-332, repro. 331.

Inscriptions

lower right: David Wilkie ft. / 1841.

Wikidata ID

Q20186918

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