Holy Family
Maker
(artist)
1555-1619
1555-1619
Title
Holy Family
Date of Production
(circa) 1607 - 1610
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 25.1 cm
Width: 20 cm
Width: 20 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1969
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Sir Peter Lely, London (1618-1680); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968 ...More
The Carracci - Drawings and Paintings, Newcastle & England, 1961
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Mostra dei Carracci, Bologna & Italy, 1956
Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953 ...Less
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968 ...More
The Carracci - Drawings and Paintings, Newcastle & England, 1961
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Mostra dei Carracci, Bologna & Italy, 1956
Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953 ...Less
Literature
Bohn, Babette, Ludovico Carracci and the art of drawing, Turnhout, Harvey Miller Publishers, 2004
no. 228
ill. on p. 377
Bohn, Babette, The drawings of Ludovico Carracci, Ph.D. Thesis, Columbia University, 1982
no. 145
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 23
ill. on p. 17 ...More
The Carracci: drawings and paintings, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1961
no. 23
pl. IX
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 27
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 33
Mostra dei Carracci: disegni, Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio, Bologna, 1956
no. 40
Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953
cat. no. 150
Wittkower, Rudolf, The drawings of the Carracci in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, London, 1952
under no. 80
Bodmer, Heinrich, Lodovico Carracci, Burg, 1939
no. 62 ...Less
no. 228
ill. on p. 377
Bohn, Babette, The drawings of Ludovico Carracci, Ph.D. Thesis, Columbia University, 1982
no. 145
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 23
ill. on p. 17 ...More
The Carracci: drawings and paintings, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1961
no. 23
pl. IX
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 27
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 33
Mostra dei Carracci: disegni, Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio, Bologna, 1956
no. 40
Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953
cat. no. 150
Wittkower, Rudolf, The drawings of the Carracci in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, London, 1952
under no. 80
Bodmer, Heinrich, Lodovico Carracci, Burg, 1939
no. 62 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Peter Lely (L.2092)
Inscription: An: Carracci
Inscription: 254 x 193 / RW 1969 Holy Family ? / (24.7 x 19.8) //
Inscription: 27.32
Inscription: D'Luodovico Carrazcii 27.
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Peter Lely (L.2092)
Inscription: An: Carracci
Inscription: 254 x 193 / RW 1969 Holy Family ? / (24.7 x 19.8) //
Inscription: 27.32
Inscription: D'Luodovico Carrazcii 27.
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