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| Title | The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist and Angels | |
| Alternative Title | The Holy Family | |
| Original Translation | La Grande Sainte Famille | |
| Collection | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Artist | Italian School After Raphael (Italian painter and draftsman, 1483-1520) Previously attributed to after Leonardo da Vinci (Italian painter, draftsman, scientist, 1452-1519) Previously attributed to Flemish School |
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| Date Earliest | possibly about 1600 | |
| Date Latest | possibly about 1800 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | This is a copy after Raphael's La Grande Sainte Famille in the Louvre, Paris (Inv. 604). In the foreground the Virgin lifts the naked, tousle-haired infant from his wooden crib. To the left, the elderly St Elizabeth kneels, she supports the infant John the Baptist whose hands are together in prayer. From the rear of the composition, Joseph looks on, his chin resting on his left hand. | |
| Current Accession Number | BATVG:P:1945.25 | |
| Subject | religion (Holy Family, St Joseph, Madonna, Virgin and Child, St Elizabeth, John the Baptist) | |
| Measurements | 77.4 x 63.7 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Mrs M. H. Williams 1945. | |
| Notes | The original was commissioned from Raphael in 1518 by Pope Leo X as a gift for Queen Claude of France, and is thought to have been executed largely by the workshop. It is believed that the Queen's recent maternity was commemorated by the angel who crowns the Virgin with flowers, which are arranged as a coronet in the original composition. In the Victoria Art Gallery version, the second angel to the rear of the group appears to have been painted out; other changes from the original include the virtually plain background. For the original by Raphael, see for example S. F. Pagden & M. A. Zancan Raffaello: Catalogo Completo, Florence, 1989, p. 137, cat. no. 86 Mrs Williams of Torquay donated a number of works to the Victoria Art Gallery following the death of her husband. Other objects were given to Bristol Art Gallery. |
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| Rights Owner | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Author | Dr Susan Steer | |