Object number1959.4

Holy Family

Date1646

Artist Laurent de La Hire (French, 1606-1656)

CultureFrench

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 45 1/2 x 56 in. (115.57 x 142.24 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

On View

Not on view

Period17th c

Classification(s)

Painting

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

BibliographyGeorge Isarlo, La Peinture au XVIIe Siecle (Paris, La Bibliotheque des Arts, 1960), pl. 32. ProvenanceCollections: Private collections in Europe and Montevideo, Uruguay. Purchased by VC Art Gallery March 1959 from Ilsa Auerbach (through Ida Rubin).

Vassar Exhibitions

Selections from the Permanent Collection (1990)

Exhibition HistoryOberlin, Allen Memorial Art Museum, “The Splendor of Ruins in French Landscape Painting, 1630-1800,” March 20-June 19, 2005.

Terms

religious visual works

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