The Holy Family with God the Father

1770s-1780s

Gaetano Gandolfi

Associated Names
Gaetano Gandolfi

Artist, Bolognese, 1734 - 1802

Three figures are shown in the image, arranged vertically. On the left, a seated woman is holding a child on her lap. The woman has wavy hair and wears a draped garment. The child has curly hair and is reaching towards the right. On the right, a bearded man is kneeling with clasped hands and holding a staff. The background features clouds, two airborne figures, and architectural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.5 x 14.5 cm (8 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.); cut to platemark

  • Accession Number

    2010.29.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme 1906, no. 4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Konrad Meier (not in Lugt). (Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased 2009 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906, no. 4

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: G. G. F.

Markings

Konrad Meier (not in Lugt)

Wikidata ID

Q76441129

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