Attributed to Otto van Veen (1556-1629)
Attributed to Otto van Veen (1556-1629)

The Holy Kinship

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Attributed to Otto van Veen (1556-1629)
The Holy Kinship
oil on panel
56 x 49in. (143.5 x 126cm.)
Sale room notice
An attribution to Ambrosius Franken I (1540-1610) has been suggested by Mr. Jan de Maere.

Lot Essay

The sleeping Christ child in the foreground is based on Cornelis Bos's engraving of Michelangelo's celebrated lost painting Leda and the Swan of 1529-30 (British Museum, London, Inv. no. 1878-7-13-161; Hollstein 54) The children's portraits in the lower right hand corner may be by another later hand.