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Source Description
This little picture of the Holy Family represents a type of intimate devotional image made in large numbers for personal contemplation. This particular formulation was popular in Rome and the two little heads of cherubs appear to be based on the work of the well-known painter Carlo Maratta.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
27333
label
The Holy Family
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
27333
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Holy Family
description
This little picture of the Holy Family represents a type of intimate devotional image made in large numbers for personal contemplation. This particular formulation was popular in Rome and the two little heads of cherubs appear to be based on the work of the well-known painter Carlo Maratta.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 220, as School of Bologna]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1700-1715 (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
28
height
20.3
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 11 x W: 8 in. (28 x 20.3 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on copper
creator_ids
33562
collection_ids
BAR
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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