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.)
Platemark: 16.5 x 17.1 cm (6 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB578
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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."1908
1905
1906
1988–89
1975–78