The Holy Family at Table Served by an Angel

Ludovico Carraccic. 1608-1610

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Title: The Holy Family at Table Served by an Angel
Creator: Ludovico Carracci (Italian, 1555-1619)
Date Created: c. 1608-1610
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 9.9 x 9.4 cm (3 7/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
Provenance: Count Aldrovandi (according to departmental card). Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445, lower left, blind stamped). Francis Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere (Lugt 2710b, upper right, in black ink). Unidentified (Lugt 2725a, verso, now destroyed). [Heim Gallery, Ltd.]
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.100
Medium: pen and gold ink over traces of black chalk(?); framing lines in gold ink
Inscriptions: signed, lower left, in gold ink: LOD.C. / F. ; RECTO OF OLD MOUNT (now removed), lower left, in graphite: 39 ; VERSO OF OLD MOUNT (now removed), center, in blue pencil: 30. Lodovico Carracci / Christ with Virgin attended / by an Angel.
Department: Drawings
Culture: Italy, 17th century
Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Collection: DR - Italian
Accession Number: 1972.100

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