Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Saint Mary Magdalene
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Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Saint Mary Magdalene is a 1508–1512 oil-on-panel painting by the Venetian painter
It was stored for safety in the
Bernard Berenson proposed that the painting was done in collaboration with the Palma il Vecchio workshop.[3]
Frame
The painting is placed in an elaborate baroque frame of carved, gilded and painted wood, with laurel leaf decorations. An engraving after the painting by Jan van Troyen was included in the Theatrum Pictorium, published in Antwerp in 1660 by the painter David Teniers the Younger. It was a collection of 243 engravings by various artists, taken from paintings belonging to Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria. From this engraving it is evident that the painting was originally taller and wider than it is now.
Another engraving was made of it by Giovanni Paolo Lasinio, which was published in 1828.[4]
References
Bibliography
- (in Italian) Galleria degli Uffizi: catalogo dei dipinti, Firenze, Giannini, 1926, SBN IT\ICCU\UBO\3026951.
- (in German) A. Spahn, Palma Vecchio, Leipzig, Hiersemann, 1932, SBN IT\ICCU\PUV\0292802.
- (in German) György Gombosi, Palma il Vecchio, München, Bruckmann, 1935, SBN IT\ICCU\LUA\0522653.
- (in Italian) Bernard Berenson, 'La scuola veneta', in Pitture italiane del Rinascimento: elenco dei principali artisti e delle loro opere con un indice dei luoghi, Firenze-London, Sansoni-Phaidon Press, 1958, SBN IT\ICCU\RAV\0057528.
- (in Italian) Giovanni Mariacher, Palma il Vecchio, Milano, Bramante, 1968, SBN IT\ICCU\SBL\0098552.
- (in Italian) Gallerie degli Uffizi, Gli Uffizi: Catalogo generale, Firenze, Centro Di, 1980, p. 398 [1979], SBN IT\ICCU\RAV\0060995.
- (in Italian) Philip Rylands, Palma il Vecchio: l'opera completa, Milano, A. Mondadori, 1988, SBN IT\ICCU\LO1\0021755.
- (in Italian) Giovanni C. F. Villa (ed.), Palma il Vecchio: Lo sguardo della bellezza, Milano, Skira, 2015