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Holy Family with Angels
Francesco Albani (Italian (Bolognese), 1578–1660)
1608–10
Medium/Technique
Oil on copper
Dimensions
36.2 x 27.3 cm (14 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Haverty in memory of John Cardinal Wright and Henry H. and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund
Accession Number1983.250
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Trained by Annibale Carracci in Bologna, Albani accompanied his master to Rome, where he helped establish the new Baroque style. Compressed within a shallow pictorial space, the solemn figures, animated by twisting drapery, have the bulk and monumentality of sculpture. Small, precious paintings on copper, with their smooth surfaces and delicate brushwork, were much in demand among private collectors.
ProvenanceBy 1965, de Corbiac family, Lembras, France; from the heirs of Louis Durand de Corbiac (1872-1965) to John Cardinal Wright, Rome; 1979, bequeathed to his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Havery, Boston; 1983, from Haverty to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 15, 1983)