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Source Description
Against an open sky and distant cityscape the Madonna, wearing an elaborately embroidered mantle, tenderly holds the Christ Child on her lap. The Christ Child reaches toward his mother’s face as the elderly Saint Joseph, Mary’s husband, looks on from behind. A cherubim (from a rank of angels so close to God that they are nearly disembodied) appears from a cloud above. Certainly intended for a domestic interior, the poses of the Madonna and Child are borrowed from a famous composition by the Venetian artist Cima da Conegliano (1459-1517). The execution, however, cannot be attributed to Cima or his workshop, and the painting is likely by a later follower.
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Document identity
localId
37608
label
The Holy Family
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obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
37608
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Holy Family
description
Against an open sky and distant cityscape the Madonna, wearing an elaborately embroidered mantle, tenderly holds the Christ Child on her lap. The Christ Child reaches toward his mother’s face as the elderly Saint Joseph, Mary’s husband, looks on from behind. A cherubim (from a rank of angels so close to God that they are nearly disembodied) appears from a cloud above. Certainly intended for a domestic interior, the poses of the Madonna and Child are borrowed from a famous composition by the Venetian artist Cima da Conegliano (1459-1517). The execution, however, cannot be attributed to Cima or his workshop, and the painting is likely by a later follower.
provenance
Marquess Filippo Marignoli, Rome and Spoleto, until 1898 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Marquess Francesco Marignoli, 1898 [mode of acqusition unknown]; Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, 1899 [1900 catalogue supplement: no. 9, as Buonconsiglio]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1500-1510 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
90
height
70.3
depth
0.7
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 35 7/16 x W: 27 11/16 x D excluding cradle: 1/4 in. (90 x 70.3 x 0.7 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on wood panel
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6200
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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25ab816eb5fb0903
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no
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no