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

Faustino Anderloni Italian

After Nicolas Poussin French

ca. 1790–1847

Not on view

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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