The Holy Family
Hendrick Goltzius
(Dutch, 1558–1617)
Bartholomaus Spranger
(Netherlandish, 1546–1611)
about 1589
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 28.3 x 21.5 cm (11 1/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.9 x 22 cm (11 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.9 x 22 cm (11 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. H. A. Jahn
Accession number24.1668
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Goltzius's engraving is after a red chalk drawing by Spranger that is now in the Uffizi, Florence.
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower center: B. Spranger Inuent.; in lower margin, left: Virgo Palestinas inter rosa roscida matres/Infanti Domino rerum bellaria prebet.; right: Adstat , et arridet blandè Iesseus Ioseph,/Quemq tremunt celi tenero blanditur alumno. F. Estius.ProvenanceJuly, 1924, gift of Mrs. H. A. Jaun, San Francisco, to the MFA.
