Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 413 (as Poussin)
Philip Conisbee, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Washington; Princeton, N.J., 2009, nr. 84

Provenance

Possibly Jacques Amelot du Quillou, marquis de Mauregard (1602-1688, later marquis de Gournay), by c. 1668
possibly Henri de Guénégaud de Fresne, marquis de Plancy et de Guercheville, comte de Montbrison (1609-1676)
possibly marquis de Lassay
his sale, Joullain fils, Paris, 22 May 1775, nr. 43
George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd duke of Sutherland (1786-1861), Stafford House, London
by inheritance to his son, George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd duke of Sutherland (1828-1892), Stafford House
Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th duke of Sutherland (1851-1913), Stafford House
his estate sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 11 July 1913, nr. 34
with Thos. Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London
sold 14 July 1913 to the Dowager Duchess Sutherland (presumably the 4th Duke's widow)
Trustees of the 4th duke of Sutherland
sold 7 January 1948 to Thos. Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London
sold 5 May 1949 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1952 to NGA

Iconclass

73B821 Holy Family with John the Baptist (as child)

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1952.5.49

Other works by Nicolas Poussin

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun
1658

The Assumption of the Virgin
c. 1630/32

Furius Camillus and the Schoolmaster of Falerii

The Companions of Rinaldo
c. 1633

The Baptism of Christ
1641/42