The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth

Details

After Rafaello Sanzio, called Raphael
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth
with signature 'RAPHAEL URBINAS' on the Madonna's bodice and inscribed 'AA Hack/EP Swinney Raphael Urbino F: Minor, Munich' on the reverse
oil on unlined canvas
52 x 42½ in. (132 x 108 cm.)

Provenance

A.A. Hack (?).
Walter Swinney, Baltimore, 1935.
Laura Wortham, Baltimore, 1938.
Helen Campbell, Miami, 1972, and thence by decent to the present owners.

Literature

The Baltimore Herald, 'Raphael' Here Held Genuine, 26 December 1924, p. 6, as Raphael.

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., National Museum of American Art (formerly known as The National Gallery of Art and The National Collection of Fine Arts), 17 March 1918 - 1 August 1935, as Raphael and Studio.

Lot Essay

The prototype of this composition is in the Alte Pinakotek, Munich. According to Giorgio Vasari, the original work was painted for Domenico Canigiani, a wealthy Florentine. Later the painting belonged to the Medici family (circa 1589-1634) and was given to Maria Luisa dei Medici on her marriage to Jahann Wilhelm von der Pfalz in Düsseldorf.

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