Holy Family (Madonna del Sacco) (after Andrea del Sarto)
Italian (Florentine) School
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Red and black chalk on paper
Measurements
130 x 180 mm
Place of origin
Florence
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129849
Summary
Red and black chalk drawing on paper, Holy Family (Madonna del Sacco) (after Andrea del Sarto), Italian (Florentine) School, 17th century. A drawing in reverse, probably from an engraving (of which there is one of 1731 by Francesco Zuccarelli, RA [1702-1788]; an example of one is in the Royal Academy, London) of Andrea del Sarto's 1525 fresco in the cloister of the Basilica of the Santissima Annunziata, Florence. In a tortoiseshell frame.
Provenance
On loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Makers and roles
Italian (Florentine) School, artist after Andrea del Sarto (Florence 1486 - Florence 1530), original artist