The Holy Family with the Goldfinch

Schelte Adams Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Associated Names
Schelte Adams Bolswert

Artist, Flemish, 1586 - 1659

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist After, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

The image shows five figures positioned before an arched background. At the center is a woman holding a young naked child on her lap. The woman has soft facial features with smiling lips and a calm demeanor. Her hair is partially covered with a cloth, and she wears a flowing garment. To her side, an older woman is visible from the neck up, wearing a hood or headdress. A man stands behind them, with slightly wavy hair and a beard, wearing a relaxed garment. Another child is partially visible, reaching towards the child held by the woman and holding an object resembling a small cross. The setting has a textured background with a tree on the left and an arched stone structure with vines or foliage at the top right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1974.32.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 175, State i


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Wikidata ID

Q65577194

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