RUBENS (Petrus Paulus)
(1577-1640)
32. — The Holy Family
The Virgin is seated on the left, the Infant Saviour standing naked in her lap, with his right arm round her neck; the infant St. John stands close to the Virgin, holding out his hands to the Saviour, before whom St. Francis bends in adoration. St. Elizabeth is behind the Saviour, and St. Joseph on the left. Full-length figures. Life-size.
Canvas, 68 in. by 79 in. Engraved by John Young in the « Miles Gallery », in 1822. Exhibited at Burlington House, 1870. Described in Smith's « Catalogue Raisonne », vol. II, p. 221, n” 784. Waagen’s « Art Treasures », vol. Ill, p. 182 . — Max Kooses’ « L’CEuvre de Rubens », vol. I, p. 809, n“ 82a.
From the Collection of Sir Phillip Miles, Leigh Court. —
— Sir Cecil Miles, Leigh Court.
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