The Holy Family
Ca. 1670. Black chalk, Reworked in ink, Pencil on grey paper.Not on display
On the left, the Virgin is represented holding her breast to nurse the Infant Christ, who turns towards Saint Joseph on the right in an adoring pose, holding a blossoming rod in his left hand. The figures are depicted in half-length.
On the verso, there is part of the figure of a little angel.
It is a drawing made in Madrid around 1670 by an artist amongst Cerezo and Claudio Coello.
Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de Dibujos. Vol. I. Dibujos españoles siglos XV-XVII, Madrid, Museo del Prado, 1972, p.137-138
