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Print made by Bernard Lens, 1659–1725, British, The Holy Family, undated
- Title:
The Holy Family
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 11/16 × 7 15/16 inches (29.7 × 20.2 cm), Plate: 11 7/16 × 7 3/4 inches (29.1 × 19.7 cm), and Image: 10 15/16 × 7 3/4 inches (27.8 × 19.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "Lens | 373"; inscribed in red crayon, lower left: "3554"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "4308"; inscribed in graphite, lower center: "1079"; inscribed in blue graphite, lower left: "Lenes[...]"
Lettered, lower right: "Sold by E d. Cooper at the 3 Pidgins in Bedford Street"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1002
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- baby | child | Christianity | cross (object) | family | Holy Family with John the Baptist (as child) | John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff - early life of male saint | lamb | palm tree | reed | religious and mythological subject | saints | trees | veils
- Associated People:
- Joseph
Jesus Christ (7-2 BC/BCE to 30-36 AD/CE)
St. John the Baptist
Mary - Access:
- View by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22692
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