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The Holy Family with St. Elizabeth and the Infant St. John the Baptist
Image Not Available for The Holy Family with St. Elizabeth and the Infant St. John the Baptist

The Holy Family with St. Elizabeth and the Infant St. John the Baptist

Simon de la Boissière (French, active about 1679)
about 1679
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 18.7 x 27.7 cm (7 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 16.5 x 17.1 cm (6 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB578
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Description
The collection includes another etching by la Boissière of the same subject, in a very similar representation. The present version (B578) shows a solid stone edifice in the background; the other version (B577) shows a pyramid and a palm tree in the background.
InscriptionsEtched in the plate, lower left, "Dela Boissierre. inv. et f."