Holy Family

1540–1549

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

This Holy Family, which includes the figure of Saint Michael, was painted late in the artist’s career. It stands alongside a number of other devotional works by Beccafumi that exhibit a comparable freedom of touch and avoid a high level of finish, suggesting that these effects were intentional and repeated. This panel belonged to Duke Cosimo I and then to the Order of Santo Stefano that he founded in Pisa in 1560, an indication that early collectors were open to the more experimental approach visible here.

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: Holy Family
Artist: Domenico Beccafumi (Italian, Cortine in Valdibiana Montaperti 1484–1551 Siena)
Date: 1540–1549
Geography: Country of Origin Italy
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 22 3/4 × 18 1/8 in. (57.8 × 46 cm)
Framed: 30 in. × 26 1/2 in. × 2 1/2 in. (76.2 × 67.3 × 6.3 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Princeton University Art Museum. Museum purchase, John Maclean Magie, Class of 1892, and Gertrude Magie Fund
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art