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The Holy Family, after Jacob Jordaens, from "Etchings of Pictures in the Metropolitan Museum New York"

After Jacob Jordaens Flemish
1871
Not on view
Among the ten works included in Jacquemart’s portfolio of etchings celebrating the founding purchase of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this print after the painting by Jordaens (71.11) is the most complex multi-figural composition. Critics for the "Art Journal" heralded the etcher’s achievement in the plate, declaring, "We have rarely seen an etching of such a subject that has given us greater satisfaction."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Holy Family, after Jacob Jordaens, from "Etchings of Pictures in the Metropolitan Museum New York"
  • Series/Portfolio: Etchings of Pictures in the Metropolitan Museum New York
  • Artist: Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart (French, Paris 1837–1880 Paris)
  • Artist: After Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, Antwerp 1593–1678 Antwerp)
  • Publisher: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.
  • Date: 1871
  • Medium: Etching; third state of five (Gonse)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 13 1/2 in. (46 × 34.3 cm)
    Plate: 7 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (20 × 15 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, 1871, transferred from the Department of Paintings
  • Object Number: 19.59.8
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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