Wilton album, folio 44b: The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (The Madonna of the Swallow)

Annibale Carracci Italian

Not on view

On folio 44 with four other prints: 27.78.1(159 and 161-163)
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
An early engraving by Annibale. Discussing this print Carlo Cesare Malvasia remarked upon the poor quality of the engraving technique, probably referring to the sketchy treatement of the background. The engraved copper plate is extant in the Calcografia Nazionale, Rome (inv. no. 323)

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