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Master of the Black Eye
The Holy Familycirca 1540s

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper depicting a crowded classical scene with multiple draped and partially nude figures, winged putti, a bearded elder with a staff, and two children at center, rendered in fine cross-hatched lines

Master of the Black Eye, Master IQV, The Holy Family, circa 1540s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Master of the Black Eye
France, Fontainebleau, mid-16th century
Previous artist
Master IQV
active France, Fontainbleau
Title
The Holy Family
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1540s
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 11 in. (32.07 × 27.94 cm) Image: 12 5/8 × 11 in. (32.07 × 27.94 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.77
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.

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