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The Holy Family with the Young John the Baptist

A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.

Date:

1605

Artist:

Lucas Kilian (German, 1579-1637)
after Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546-1611)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Lucas Kilian

Title

The Holy Family with the Young John the Baptist

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1605

Medium

Engraving in black on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered below image: "Adm. Reverendo Dno. Iacobo Chimarrhaeo ... Dominicus Custos eiconogr. et bibliopola Aug. Vind. D. D. D. MDCV / S. C. M. Pictor B. Spranger pinxit. Lucas Kilian. Aug. incidit."

Dimensions

Sheet (trimmed): 29 × 32.7 cm (11 7/16 × 12 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Hack and The Hearn Family Trust

Reference Number

2023.1319

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