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Presentation Sketch for "The Holy Family with Saints Anne, Joachim, and John the Baptist" (for Santa Maria in Via Lata, Roma)
Also known as: The Holy Family with Saint Anne, Joachim, and John the Baptist
About the Artwork
During the early 1700s, Roman artists returned to fundamental Christian subjects, especially those focused on the Christ child. This work presents the Holy Family with Christ’s maternal grandparents and baby cousin, John the Baptist, stressing the importance of family relationships. Saints Anne and Joachim hold books, probably representing the Old Testament, reinforcing Christianity’s connection to the older Hebrew tradition. Trevisani’s tender visual language also looks explicitly back to Guido Reni, whose graceful approach to religious art remained immensely inspirational throughout the century.
Provenance
Count Lorenzo Sferra-Carini (Rome, Italy), by inheritance to his heirs. Heirs of Lorenzo Sferra-Carini Band heirs, Rome Hazlitt Gallery (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Francesco Trevisani (Italian, 1656–1746)
- Date
- c. 1729
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 179 x 127.5 x 6.5 cm (70 1/2 x 50 3/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 158 x 106.7 cm (62 3/16 x 42 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Accession no.
- 1974.108
More by Francesco Trevisani in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00010044
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