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The Holy Family with the Virgin holding Christ over the cradle
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The Holy Family with the Virgin holding Christ over the cradle

Medium

Etching; second state of two

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 12 13/16 × 8 3/4 in. (32.5 × 22.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Henry Walters, 1917

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giulio Carpioni

1613–1678Republic of Venice

Comment on works: Allegory; Mythology

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