DrawingsBritish19th century

The Holy Family with an Angel

19th century

Artists

Frederic LeightonArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and gouache over graphite on cream wove paper, laid down on board

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

41.3 × 18.2 cm (16 1/4 × 7 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Alexander Cecil Fenton, Bayonne, New Jersey, circa 1840s-1900. Sold [through unidentified estate sale, California]; to Jeanne Wahrenbrock, circa 1988-1998; by descent; to Clive Foss, her son, Cambridge, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018

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