The Holy Family
Battista Franco
1510–61
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 13 15/16 x 10 7/16 in. (35.4 x 26.5 cm) trimmed within platemark on r. and below
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.601.21
Tags
Holy FamilySaint JosephChristVirgin Mary
About the Artist
Battista Franco · 1510–1561
Battista Franco, known as il Semolei, was born in Venice around 1510, though his career unfolded largely in Rome and at the courts of central and northern Italy. He came to Rome in his twenties and immediately fell under two powerful spells: the inexhaustible riches of classical antiquity and the overwhelming presence of Michelangelo. Franco spent years making drawings after ancient sculptures and...