The Holy Family, the Christ child holding a flower at right, Joseph reading at top center

After Nicolas Poussin French
ca. 1790–1847
Not on view

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  • 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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