Lot Essay
An early work by the artist. For the attribution, compare the painting sold at Sotheby's, London, July 3, 1996, lot 90 (£48,000=$75,000) in which the head of St. Joseph is almost identical with that of St. Joseph in the present painting, as are the poses of the Virgin in the present work, and that sold at Sotheby's, London, Dec. 7, 1994, lot 23.