Holy Family with a Female Saint (Mantegna)

Sacra famiglia con una santa
Artist Andrea Mantegna
Year 1495-1505
Medium tempera on canvas
Dimensions 76 cm × 55,5 cm (30 in × 219 in)
Location Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona

The Holy Family with a Female Saint is a 1495-1505 tempera on canvas painting attributed to Andrea Mantegna - the lose of the original finish and re-painting means that the painting itself cannot be securely attributed to him, though the silverpoint under-drawing is definitely in the master's hand. To the left is saint Joseph and to the right is an unidentified female saint, possibly Mary Magdalene.[1]

It is now in the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, from which it was stolen on the evening of 19 November 2015 along with sixteen other works.[2] They were found near Odessa in Ukraine on 6 May the following year, from which they were about to be sold on into Ukraine and Russia.[3] They were returned to the museum later in 2016[4]

History

Marco Boschini saw a Mantegna Holy Family in the sacristy of the Ospedale degli Incurabili in Venice in the 17th century, which was either this work or the Altman Madonna.

References

  1. ↑ (in Italian) Alberta De Nicolò Salmazo, Mantegna, Electa, Milano 1997.
  2. ↑ 20-11-2015
  3. ↑ Il Sole
  4. ↑ 21-12-2016
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