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The Holy Family with the Infant St John the Baptist in the Carpenter Shop
The Holy Family with the Infant St John the Baptist in the Carpenter Shop

The Holy Family with the Infant St John the Baptist in the Carpenter Shop

Unidentified artist, Italian, 18th century
Carlo Maratti (Italian (Roman), 1625–1713)
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions48.6 x 37.8 cm (19 1/8 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the heirs of John Adams Blanchard
Accession number12.380
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceAugustus Thorndike (b. 1797 - d. 1858), Boston; October 25, 1860, posthumous Thorndike sale, Leonard and Co., Boston, lot 95 [see note 1], sold for $281 to John Adams Blanchard (b. 1807 - d. 1872), Boston [see note 2]; 1912, gift of the heirs of John Adams Blanchard to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 6, 1912)

NOTES:
[1] Attributed to Carlo Maratti. [2] Information about the transaction is taken from notes in the curatorial file.
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