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The Holy Family

Simone Cantarini (Italian (active in Pesaro and Bologna), 1612–1648)
about 1640–42

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 12.9 x 8.3 cm (5 1/16 x 3 1/4 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP3915
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 14; Illustrated Bartsch 14; Bellini 33, ii/iii
Marks Bottom right, stamped in black ink, the mark of Sir Edward Astley, Norfolk (1729-1802)(Lugt 2775); verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink (barely visible), the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceSir Edward Astley, Norfolk (1729-1802)(Lugt 2775); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897