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| Title | The Holy Family | |
| Alternative Title | The Virgin and Child with St Joseph | |
| Collection | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Artist | Circle of Puligo, Domenico (Italian painter, 1492-1527) Previously attributed to Franciabigio (Italian painter, 1484-1525) Previously attributed to Puligo, Domenico (Italian painter, 1492-1527) |
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| Date Earliest | possibly about 1512 | |
| Date Latest | probably about 1600 | |
| Description | This is a replica of the painting by Puligo of about 1510-20 in the Pitti Palace, Florence. The Virgin is robed in crimson and occupies the centre of the composition, she supports the child who is naked and stands on a ledge. St Joseph, depicted in late middle-age, is set behind the Virgin and child at the left of the composition. | |
| Current Accession Number | BATVG:P:1920.12 | |
| Subject | religion (Holy Family, Virgin Mary, Christ, St Joseph) | |
| Measurements | 85.5 x 66.2 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on panel | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Mr Hinton Lewis Castle 1919. | |
| Provenance | Collection of Carlo Gentile, by 1857 (?); possibly acquired by Baron Lionel Rothschild 1857; F.W. Lawrence by 1917-1920. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Bath Assembly Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 1948. | |
| Publications | Catalogue of Pictures: Exhibition of Pictures in the Possession of the Corporation of the City of Bath, Bath, 1948, p. 20 (as Franciabigio); Bruce-Lockhart, S., The Works of Domenico Puligo, unpublished MA report, the Courtauld Institute, London, 1973; Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain: An Index of Continental Paintings Executed Before c.1800 in Public Collections in the United Kingdom, London, 1976, p. 167; Sloman, S.,, Victoria Art Gallery: Concise Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings, Bath, 1991, p. 92 (as Circle of Domenico Puligo); Capretti E. & Padovani S. et al., Domenico Puligo (1492-1527): un Protagonista Dimenticato della Pittura Fiorentina, Florence, 2002, p. 70, cat. no. 5. | |
| Notes | Restored in 1920, the painting was first attributed to Puligo in 1921 by R. R. Tatlock, editor of the Burlington, but its condition was considered too poor for publication. Nicholas Penny observed that the work is probably sixteenth century, and is possibly autograph. Retouching would need to be removed for the work to be accurately attributed. The suggested early provenance is based on a note dated 1857 from W. Taner of New Bond St to a certain Carlo Gentile about the attribution of the painting. Taner refers to ‘your picture …at [Baron Lionel Rothschild's]'. The Holy Family in the Pitti Palace, Florence, is inv. 1912, n. 486. | |
| Rights Owner | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Author | Dr Susan Steer | |