The Holy Family with Tobias and the Angel

c. 1574

Cherubino Alberti

Associated Names
Cherubino Alberti

Artist, Roman, 1553 - 1615

The image shows an intricately detailed engraving featuring multiple figures in a biblical or allegorical scene. In the foreground, there is a seated woman with a young child on her lap reaching towards her. Beside her is an angel touching the woman with one hand and holding a book in the other. Another child stands near the seated woman's feet. To the left, a man sits at a desk with his attention on a book in his hands. The backdrop includes an arched opening showing a hilly landscape under a cloudy sky, with architectural elements like columns. The composition is marked by elaborate patterns on the costumes and furniture, with each figure placed in a particular position to suggest interaction.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.4 × 21.91 cm (10 × 8 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.24.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 32


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Rotta(?), 1775 [inscription, not in Lugt]. Colnaghi, London [stock no. P12530]. Eric G. Stanley [1923 - 2018], Oxford; (sale, Christie's London, 28 January 2021, no. 60); Matthew Nimetz, New York

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821.

Inscriptions

by later hand, verso in brown ink: Dr. Rotta 1775; by later hand, verso in graphite: P12530


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