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The Holy Family on the Flight meets the infant St John
Painter: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Attributed to)
A guazzo
History note: Don Gasper de Haro, 7th Marques de El Carpio, 5th Conde Duque de Olivares (stamp and inventory no. 536 on the back, no. 536 in the El Carpio Inventory of 1682, as A. Carracci), by descent to Jacobo Stuart y Ventimiglia, 15th Duke of Alba, acquired from him in Naples in 1848-9 by the grandfather of Col. B.A.C. Napier, C.B.E., M.C.; his sale, Christie's, 11 December 1981, (19) (attributed to Francesco Vanni); bt. P. and D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd
With a contribution from the Victoria and Albert Museum Grant-in-Aid.
Height: 52.7 cm
Width: 66.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1983) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Support composed of canvas
Painting (image-making) : Tempera on canvas
Accession number: PD.4-1983
Primary reference Number: 918
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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