The Holy Family (La Perla) (after Raphael) (1550–70): Art, History and Details

The Holy Family (La Perla) (after Raphael) (1550–70) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Battista Angolo del Moro (Italian, 1514–1575).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Battista Agnolo del Moro made this etching to reproduce the most famous painting by Renaissance artist Raphael in his hometown of Verona. Raphael’s composition depicts the Christ Child with members of his family: Joseph, Mary, Mary’s cousin Elizabeth, and Elizabeth’s son John the Baptist. Battista’s graphic style emphasizes the glowing light around the grouping and their tender glances and touch.

Object facts

• Title: The Holy Family (La Perla) (after Raphael)
• Date: 1550–70
• Creator attribution: Battista Angolo del Moro (Italian, 1514–1575)
• Culture: Italy
• Type: Print
• Technique: Etching with engraving on paper
• Dimensions: Sheet: 51.7 x 43.3 cm (20 3/8 x 17 1/16 in.); With mount: 54.5 x 45 cm (21 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
• Collection: Prints
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2018.208

A detail from the museum

This etching portrays the extended family of the Christ Child including his cousin, Saint John the Baptist.

Collection credit

Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Meyer, Julius, ed. Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon. 3 vols. Leipzig, 1872-1885
• Reed, Sue Welsh, and Richard W. Wallace. Italian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque. Boston, Mass: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989.
• Jestaz, Bertrand, “Un fonds d’atelier de Battista del Moro,” in Mitteilungen des Kunsthitstorischen Institutes in Florenz

View the collection record

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