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The Holy Family, with the Christ child asleep in the Virgin's lap

1786
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Holy Family, with the Christ child asleep in the Virgin's lap
  • Artist: Raphael Morghen (Italian, Naples 1758–1833 Florence)
  • Artist: Giovanni Folo (Italian, Bassano 1764–1836 Rome)
  • Artist: Intermediary draftsman Pietro Angeletti (Italian, active Rome, 1758–1786)
  • Artist: After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)
  • Date: 1786
  • Medium: Engraving; third state of three
  • Dimensions: Plate: 20 3/8 × 13 9/16 in. (51.8 × 34.5 cm)
    Sheet: 21 in. × 14 13/16 in. (53.4 × 37.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1947
  • Object Number: 47.100.359
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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