The Holy Family with Saint Catherine, Saint John the Evangelist and an Angel
1612–16
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 10 9/16 × 7 3/8 in. (26.9 × 18.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.597.71
Tags
Art Historical Context
Jacques Bellange's *The Holy Family with Saint, Saint John the Evangelist and an Angel*c. 1612–16) is a masterful etching that captures a tender yet dramatic religious scene from the early Baroque era. The composition centers the Virgin Mary, Christ Child, and Saint Joseph surrounded by Saint Catherine—recognizable by her wheel—and Saint John the Evangelist, with an angel adding a touch of celestial grace. Created in the Duchy of Lorraine, where Bellange worked as a printmaker and painter, this print reflects the late Mannerist style prevalent in Northern Europe, characterized by elongated fig...
About the Artist
Jacques Bellange · 1570–1616
Jacques Bellange (c. 1575–1616) was a French artist and printmaker active in the independent Duchy of Lorraine, now part of France. Believed to have been born in the Bassigny region south of Nancy, his early life and training remain sparsely documented, with no records of specific teachers or mentors. He first appears in historical records in 1595 at La Mothe, where he took on an apprentice, sugge...