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The Holy Family

(Italian, 1575–1642)
about 1605–13
Medium/TechniqueEtching, with a few burin touches
DimensionsSheet: 19.9 x 14.2 cm (7 13/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 19.7 x 14 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP3885
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsVerso, top center, in pencil overwritten in brown ink, "Pond's Sale 1760 / No. 41"; verso, upper center, in pen and brown ink, "Bx1Gxx"; verso, upper right, in pen and black ink, "[undecipherable word] Sir Jhoshua / Reynolds Col"; verso, upper left, in pen and black ink, "Sold at Malones Sale"
ProvenanceSir Edward Astley, Norfolk (1729-1802)(Lugt 2775); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897