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Holy Family

Drawing
16th - 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Barocci, Federico (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Holy Family; St. Joseph at the feet of the Virgin Mary, and St. Anne behind them; Pen, washed with sepia, and heightened with white.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleHoly Family
Materials and techniques
Pen, washed with sepia, and heightened with white
Pen
Sepia
Drawing
Heightening
Brief description
Barocci, Federico (ascribed to); Holy Family; St. Joseph at the feet of the Virgin Mary, and St. Anne behind them; Pen, washed with sepia, and heightened with white; Bolognese School; 16th - 17th century.
Physical description
Holy Family; St. Joseph at the feet of the Virgin Mary, and St. Anne behind them; Pen, washed with sepia, and heightened with white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7in
  • Width: 3.2in
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Bolognese School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Collection - Padre Restà.
Subjects depicted
Holy Family
Joseph (Of Nazareth, Saint)
Anne (Saint)
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume I. 14th-16th century, London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1979, p. 220. The text is as follows: ROME: late 16th century 489 The Holy Family with an angel Inscribed in pencil on the mount ‘Barocio’ and ‘King Charles’s Collection’ Pen and ink and wash over balck chalk 7 x 3 ½ (177 x 89) Dyce 315 PROVENANCE N. Lanier (Lugt 2885); Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue (as ‘anonymous, ascribed to Federigo Barocci’) The style and handling point in the direction of the Zuccaro brothers and their circle, rather than Barocci.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.315

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Record createdSeptember 15, 2009
Record URL
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