ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO CARRACCI (VENICE ?1583- 1618 ROME)
Lot 1

ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO CARRACCI (VENICE ?1583- 1618 ROME)

The Holy Family

Closed7 October 2020

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ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO CARRACCI (VENICE ?1583- 1618 ROME)
The Holy Family
oil on copper
13 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (35.3 x 27 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 July 1993, lot 257, as 'Follower of Annibale Carracci'.

Specialist note

This work relates to the picture, also referred to as the Montalto Madonna, now in the National Gallery, London (inv. no. NG6597), though omits the Infant Saint John, who stands to the left of the Madonna in the original composition. We are grateful to Daniele Benati for proposing the attribution on the basis of photographs.