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The Holy Family (with St Elizabeth and St John the Baptist)

Maker

After
(artist)
1594-1665

(engraver)
1622-1693

(publisher)
1719-1804

Title

The Holy Family (with St Elizabeth and St John the Baptist)

Date of Production

(engraved) 1655 - 1660

Medium

etching and engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 44.3 cm
Width: 31.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6605

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Nicolaus Poussin - Verzeichniss der nach seinen Gemälden Gefertigten... [usually refers to Courtauld Book Library copy with Anthony Blunt's annotations when there is a letter after the number]
Fig. p. 129

Inscriptions

Inscription: Nic. Poussin Pinxit. //

Inscription: THE HOLY FAMILY. / In the Embroidered Bed Chamber at Houghton. / Size of the Picture 4,, 3 3/4 by 5,, 7 high. / Published Nov.r 13th 1779 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London. //

Inscription: N. Poussin Pinxit. De Poilly Sculpsit ex CPR / Poilly Sculpsit //

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