The Holy Family, the Christ child holding a flower at right, Joseph reading at top center
Artwork Details
- Title: The Holy Family, the Christ child holding a flower at right, Joseph reading at top center
- Artist: Faustino Anderloni (Italian, Sant Eufémia della Fonte 1766–1847 Pavia)
- Artist: After Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1790–1847
- Medium: Engraving; first state of four
- Dimensions: Plate: 24 13/16 × 18 7/16 in. (63 × 46.9 cm)
Sheet: 27 13/16 × 21 1/2 in. (70.6 × 54.6 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Alice C. Taft, Mrs. Marianna F. Taft, Miss Hope Smith, Mrs. Helen Bradley Head, and Brockholst M. Smith,1945
- Object Number: 45.78.54
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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