The Holy Family, by Michelangelo
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Pencil, Tracing paper
Measurements
164 mm (H)140 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872754
Summary
Pencil drawing on tracing paper (figure drawing); a sitting woman in a long wide dress, her left knee standing up, from the right two nude boys, one bigger, one smaller leaning against her body, another figure with a round hat behind them, only eyes, nose and hat seen.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1962 and given to NT as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley.
Marks and inscriptions
bottom right; 'Michelangelo'
Makers and roles
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908), artist Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese Michelangelo 1475 - Rome 1564), artist