Bartolommeo Biscaino (1632-1657)
The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist
red chalk, red wash in an inscribed oval
110 x 173 mm.
Provenance
Earl Spencer (L. 1530), his mount with attribution 'Bart: Biscaino' and shelfmark 'B No. 61'.
N.F. Haym (L. 1970), possibly his attribution 'Bartolomeo Biscaino, died 1657 scholar of Valerio Castelli' on the mount (verso).
J. Petit-Hory, his mark (not in Lugt).
L.-A. Prat, his mark (not in Lugt).
Lot Essay
For a related print by Biscaino see Illustrated Bartsch XXV, 194.