Holy Family, 18th century

  • Marcello Bacciarelli, Italian, 1731-1818
  • Pierre Etienne Moitte, French, 1722-1780
  • Francesco Vanni, Italian, 1563-1610

Engraving printed in black on laid paper

  • plate: 17 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. 43.4 x 34.2 cm sheet: 27 3/4 x 21 1/2 in. 70.4 x 54.6 cm

Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892

1991.64

Watermark: letters in the lower center of the image and sheet

In plate, lower left: M. Bacciarelli del.; lower right: P.E. Moitte Sculp.; lower left of the bottom margin: Quadro di Francesco Vanni Sanese / cavato dalla Galleria Reale di Dresda / Alto Piedi 4 Onc 5 Largo Pi: 3. Onc: 8.; lower right of the bottom margin: Tableau de Francois Vanni de Siene / de la Gallerie Royale de Dresde / Haut 4 Pieds 5 Pouc: Larg. 3 Pi: 8. Pouc:; lower right corner: No. 25.; in black ink below Moitte's name: 1722-1780; below Siene, lower right: 1563-1609; lower center: Holy Family; lower right corner: Gift of Bela Hubbard. / 1892.; in pencil, lower center and lower right corner: 51

Woermann, Karl, CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL PICTURE GALLERY IN DRESDEN: Dresden: Wilhelm Hoffmann's Fine Art Works, 1899, p 313.

Pierre Etienne Moitte; after Marcello Bacciarelli; after Francesco Vanni, Holy Family, 18th century, Engraving printed in black on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892, 1991.64.