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The Holy Family (La Perla) (after Raphael)

1550–1570

Battista Angolo del Moro

(Italian, 1514–1575)

Italy, 16th century

Etching with engraving on paper

Sheet: 51.7 x 43.3 cm (20 3/8 x 17 1/16 in.); With mount: 54.5 x 45 cm (21 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2018.208

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

This etching portrays the extended family of the Christ Child including his cousin, Saint John the Baptist.

Description

Battista Agnolo del Moro made this etching to reproduce the most famous painting by Renaissance artist Raphael in his hometown of Verona. Raphael’s composition depicts the Christ Child with members of his family: Joseph, Mary, Mary’s cousin Elizabeth, and Elizabeth’s son John the Baptist. Battista’s graphic style emphasizes the glowing light around the grouping and their tender glances and touch.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Imprinted in lower right on recto: “RAPHAEL.VRB.IN”

Inscription

Imprinted in lower left on recto: “BATT.COGNOMEN TO DEL.MORO.

Provenance
James Bergquist, Newton, MA
September 4, 2018
the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Meyer, Julius, ed. Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon. 3 vols. Leipzig, 1872-1885 Vol 2, p. 37, no 10
Reed, Sue Welsh, and Richard W. Wallace. Italian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque. Boston, Mass: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. p. 32-33
Jestaz, Bertrand, “Un fonds d’atelier de Battista del Moro,” in Mitteilungen des Kunsthitstorischen Institutes in Florenz Vol. 44, No. 2/3 (2000), 292-305
Bury, Michael, “New Light on Battista del Moro as a Printmaker,” Print Quarterly, XX, No. 2 (2003) p. 123-130
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.208