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[The Flight into Egypt] Cum in Orbem inducit Primogenitum, dicit, adorent eum omnes Angeli Dei. Epist. ad Hebr. cap I.V.6.
J. Smith fec 1707. ex Tabula Car. Maratti, alta 25 pollices & dimid 20 pol. in Musæ Ri Graham Arm Londini.
[London: John Boydell, c.1773?]
Mezzotint, fine impression; 395 x 280mm (15½ x 11") very large margins. Slight loss of print bottom left corner of inscription area.
The Holy Family resting during the Flight into Egypt, assisted by angels. The BM states that this state, with streaks in the sky next to Joseph, is the fourth and last state. It appears in the Boydell catalogues in 1773 and 1803. Now in Calke Abbey in Derbyshire, the painting is now attributed not to Carlo Maratti, but to his pupil Giuseppe Chiari. See British Museum 1874,0808.1285 for a list of states.
[Ref: 58088] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
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