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Holy Family with St John the Baptist and angels
Draughtsman: Menzocchi, Francesco (Vecchio di San Bernardo)
History note: Zaccario Sagredo, Venice; de Boissieu; P. Scarpa (cf. Lugt 2103a); sale, Sotheby's, 1 July 1991, lot 18 (as Emidian); with Kate Ganz from whom bought by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam
With a contribution from Kate Ganz.
Height: 267 mm
Width: 233 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (1991) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
A modello for the painting of the same subject by Menzocchi in the Bob Jones University collection, Granville, North Carolina (no. P.58.123), which he has dated on stylistic grounds to the 1560's (Stephen Pepper)
Black chalk
Brown ink
Whitening
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Point of the brush, pen and brown ink, heightened with white on traces of black chalk, on paper
Inscription present: partially erased
Accession number: PD.39-1991
Primary reference Number: 7584
Lugt: 2103a
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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