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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Holy Family

Alonso Cano
1601-1667

Holy Family

6 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches (175 x 190 mm)
Pen and brown ink, and wash, over black chalk, on laid paper.
III, 126

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower left, "Cano"; in black chalk at lower edge beneath Virgin, "CANO".
Watermark: Three stacked circles surmounted by a small crown; cross in top circle with griffons on each side, possibly "W" in middle circle, letter "B" in bottom circle. Damages in paper make watermark hard to read.
Associated names
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : drawings by the old masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 126.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department