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An image of The Holy Family by Agostino Carracci

Agostino Carracci

(Italy 1557–1602)

Title
The Holy Family
Year
1597
Media category
Print
Materials used
engraving
Edition
ii of 4 states
Dimensions

22.5 x 16.9cm image; 22.8 x 17.0cm sheet (irreg.)

Signature & date
Not signed. Dated l.l., [incised plate] "1597".
Credit
Purchased 1977
Accession number
385.1977
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (3)

'Mantegna to Piranesi Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection' by Richard Beresford, pg. 14-15., Look Jun 1998, Jun 1998, 14 (illus.).

Peter Raissis (Australia) (Author), Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 1998, 4 (illus.), 8. no catalogue numbers

Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Author), Piety and Paganism, Sydney, 1991, 7. no catalogue numbers

Exhibition history (5)

Piety and Paganism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Jul 1991–29 Sep 1991.

Splendour of the Baroque: Painting from Bologna 1550 to 1750, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21 May 1993–18 Jul 1993.

Splendour of the Baroque: Painting from Bologna 1550 to 1750, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 20 Sep 1993–31 Oct 1993.

Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jun 1998–20 Sep 1998.

Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 03 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006.