Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British, The Holy Family, 1792
- Title:
- The Holy Family
- Additional Title(s):
- La Sainte Famille
- Date:
- 1792
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 27 1/4 × 19 1/4 inches (69.2 × 48.9 cm), Plate: 24 × 16 inches (61 × 40.6 cm), Image: 22 × 16 inches (55.9 × 40.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Proof before the dedication
Lettered below image, lower left: "Painted by Camillo Procaccini"; center: "THE HOLY FAMILY | LA SAINTE FAMILLE. | In Monsp. Pigage's Catalogue of the Dusseldorf Gallery, this Subject is No.140. | Published Sepr 1st 1792 by V.&R. Green Newman Street, London"; lower right: "Engraved by V.Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.611
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- children | Christianity | faith | family | fruit | gazing | mothers | pointing | praying | religious and mythological subject | saints | sons | tree
- Associated People:
- Jesus
The Virgin Mary
John the Baptist (c. 6 BC–c. AD 36)
Joseph
Elizabeth - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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