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A copy of the central part of 'Il Giorno' in the Galleria Nazionale, Parma
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Provenance
Acquired or commissioned by Henry Blundell probably in 1777, and by inheritance
Literature
Ince Catalogue, 1803, pp.216-7, no.XIX, 'A Holy Family. A copy by Mr. Smith, from the centre part of that famous picture by Corregio, in the academy at Parma. The original is reckoned one of the finest pictures of that master, and was one of those which were selected by the French to be taken to Paris'