The Holy Family
attributed to Agostino Masucci (Rome 1690 – Rome 1768)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
840 x 685 mm
Order this imageCollection
Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 719410
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Holy Family, attributed to Agostino Masucci (Rome 1690 – Rome 1768). Half-length figures, the Madonna at the right, with the Child asleep in her lap; Saint Joseph, left, leaning on a classical sarcophagus.
Provenance
Bought by Wiggett Chute, October 1846, for £30 (as Maratta); 1880s Notes, as: "Holy Family (Carlo Maratta)" in the Chapel Parlour; bequeathed with The Vyne, estate and contents by Sir Charles Chute, 1st Bt (1879-1956)
Credit line
The Vyne, The Chute Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Agostino Masucci (Rome 1690 – Rome 1768), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Carlo Maratta (Camerano 1625 – Rome 1713), artist
References
Clark 1967 A.M. Clark, Essays in History of Art presented to Rudolf Wittkower, 1967, pp.259ff