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The Holy Family
Unidentified artist, Flemish, 16th century
After: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian (Florentine), 1475–1564)
After: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian (Florentine), 1475–1564)
first half of the 16th century
Medium/Technique
Oil on panel
Dimensions
138.1 x 108.2 cm (54 3/8 x 42 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward W. Forbes
Accession Number07.486
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionAfter the Doni Tondo in the Uffizi, Florence
ProvenanceBy 1842, Pierfrancesco Rinuccini (b. 1788 - d. about 1852), Palazzo Rinuccini, Florence [see note 1]; May 1, 1852, Rinuccini sale, Florence, lot 38 [see note 2], probably unsold and by descent to his daughter, Eleonora Rinuccini-Corsini (b. 1813 - d. 1886), Florence; sold from the Rinuccini-Corsini collection to Edward W. Forbes; 1907, gift of Forbes to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 8, 1907)
NOTES:
[1] Recorded as in the Rinuccini collection by Frédéric Fantozzi, "Nouveau Guide de Florence ou Description Artistique et Critique de la Ville et ses environs" (Florence, 1851; translated from the Italian ed. of 1842), p. 691. [2] Although lot 38 in this auction catalogue matches the description of the MFA painting exactly, the dimensions given (154 x 170 cm) are notably different.
NOTES:
[1] Recorded as in the Rinuccini collection by Frédéric Fantozzi, "Nouveau Guide de Florence ou Description Artistique et Critique de la Ville et ses environs" (Florence, 1851; translated from the Italian ed. of 1842), p. 691. [2] Although lot 38 in this auction catalogue matches the description of the MFA painting exactly, the dimensions given (154 x 170 cm) are notably different.