Holy Family with Infant Saint John

Artists

Dimensions

120 x 110.5 cm (47 1/4 x 43 1/2 in.) framed: 159 x 145.5 cm (62 5/8 x 57 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Thomas Walker (by 1748), London, by descent; to Stephen Skynner (1693-1764), his nephew, by descent; to his daughter, Emma Harvey (1731-1767), Rolls Park, Chigwell, by descent; to William Harvey, 1763 (1754-1779), by descent [1]; to Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey (1758-1830), Rolls Park, Chigwell, his brother, by descent; to Lady Louisa Nugent (1758-1841), his wife, by descent; to Emma Eustace (nee Harvey) (1797-1865), his daughter, sold; to Richard Foster, Esq., Clewer Manor, Berks, c. 1856, sold [through Christie’s, London, July 13, 1895, lot 68]; to [Agnew, London]. Alfred Beit (1853-1906), London, by 1904, by descent (?); to Otto Beit (1865-1930) (his brother), London. [2] Maurice Kann, Paris, 1912 (until at least 1913). [3] Mrs. Ward Jackson, sold [through Christie’s, May 19, 1916, lot 107]; to [Amor]. Sir Ernest Cassel (1851-1921), London. [4] Mrs. Herbert (Margot) Asquith, countess of Oxford and Asquith (?). [Duveen Brothers, New York, 1925] sold; to Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930. Notes [1] William Harvey was a minor when he inherited. His uncle, General Edward Harvey acted as his Guardian. [2] The 2010 Murillo Catalogue Raisonne lists Otto Beit as the owner of the painting, but it was published as Alfred Beit’s property in 1904. Alfred never married and had no children. [3] Kann's ownership is documented in 1914 in "Murillo: des Meisters Gemälde" published in 1913. [4] Cassel’s ownership is derived from the Duveen Brothers Subdivision of Stock at May 31, 1925.