5945A

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist

Artist: Unidentified Artist
Title: The Holy Family with Saint John Baptist
Date: 1581-1676
Medium: Engraving. Inverted copy of a 1581 etching by Johan Sadeler I (1550-1600) after a lost drawing by Bartholomaeus Spranger (1546-1611). Published in the Dutch Republic by Hendrick Hondius I (1573-1650) or II (1592-1649).
Photo Source: Rijksmuseum Website
Note: There are close versions of this theme in the same direction. One is signed by Dubois another by Cort. A third was published in Genoa at the workshop of Giovanni Maria Variana.
Item: 5945A