Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Young Saint John the Baptist
Artist
Bonaventura Bisi
(Italian, 1610/1612-1659/1662)
Date1634
MediumEtching and engraving on paper
DimensionsPlate: 12 × 9 1/8 inches (30.48 × 23.18 cm)
Mount: 13 9/16 × 10 1/8 inches (34.45 × 25.72 cm)
Mount: 13 9/16 × 10 1/8 inches (34.45 × 25.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert L. Bloch
Object numberF95-24/3
Signed(on mount, l.r., brown ink): Bonaventura Bisi de
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DescriptionIn front of draped wall, right, and receding niched hall, left, woman seated on bench with scroll-legged, lion-footed end. She holds nude male child standing on her lap, whose head is turned right to look at standing nude boy, right, who clasps gown of old woman behind, her head inclined toward him. Trimmed within plate and border, dedication on bottom margin removed.
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Giovanni Giardini
18th century
2020.18
