The Holy Family
(c. 1589)
- Artist/s name
- Annibale CARRACCI
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 69.9 x 61.0 cm
- Accession Number
- E2-1971
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1971
- Gallery Location
- 16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
Provenance
Collection of George Spencer (1739–1817), 4th Duke of Marlborough (1758–1817) (recorded 1759, 1766), until 1817; and thence by descent: to George Spencer-Churchill (1766–1840) 5th Duke of Marlborough, until 1840; then to George Spencer-Churchill (1793–1857), 6th Duke of Marlborough (recorded 1854), until 1857; then to John Spencer-Churchill (1822–83), 7th Duke of Marlborough (recorded 1861), until 1883; then to George Spencer-Churchill (1844–92), 8th Duke of Marlborough, until 1886; by whom sold, Christie's, London, 7-10 August 1886, no. 640, as Madonna and Child with St. Joseph, by Agostino Carracci; from where purchased by Richard Glynn Vivian (1835–1910), collection of Richard Glynn Vivian, Sketty Hall (from 1898), Swansea, 1886–1910; with Hazlitt Gallery (dealer), London, by 1971; exhibited Hazlitt Gallery, London, November 1971; from where acquired, on the advice of Dr Mary Woodall, with Sir Michael Levey, for the Felton Bequest, 1971.
