Object number1959.4
Holy Family
Date1646
Artist
Laurent de La Hire
(French, 1606-1656)
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 45 1/2 x 56 in. (115.57 x 142.24 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
On View
Not on viewPeriod17th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned and dated (LL, on slab at Virgin's feet): L. DE LA HIRE. in & E. 1646; Inscribed (LL): 317 (probably its number in private collection)
InscribedInscribed (LL): 317 (probably its number in private collection)
MarkingsPaper labels attached to cardboard backing:
1. To Knoedler Glleries 14 East 57th St.
Attention Jane Sahesley
From Keck, 87 State St., Brooklyn;
2. No. 58815
PICTURE;
3. VCAG label
ProvenanceCollections: Private collections in Europe and Montevideo, Uruguay. Purchased by VC Art Gallery March 1959 from Ilsa Auerbach (through Ida Rubin).Exhibition HistoryOberlin, Allen Memorial Art Museum, “The Splendor of Ruins in French Landscape Painting, 1630-1800,” March 20-June 19, 2005.
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