Updated 08 October 2025
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Holy Family
| Date | c. 1620 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 116 x 76 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.2005-0006 |
Provenance
Clarence Y. Palitz, New York, by 1940; Ruth K. Palitz (deceased) sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 July 1974, lot 72; Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1 November 1978, lot 65; Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 10 July 1987, lot 86; Ishizuka Collection, Tokyo; Purchased by the NMWA, 2006.
Exhibition History
- 1939
- Masterpieces of Art, New York, World's Fair, 0 1939 - 0 1939, no.205
- 1940
- Jacob Jordaens, New York, Mortimer Brandt Gallery, 17 February 1940 - 16 March 1940, no. 2
- 2017
- [Traveling Exhibitions Presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2017] Muse: Women before the Artists' Eyes: From the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, 22 April 2017 - 2 July 2017, Akita Museum of Modern Art, 15 July-18 September, cat. no. 11
Bibliography
- 1940
- J. Held, "Jordaens' Portrait of his Family" in Art Bulletion, vol. 22, no. 1, March 1940, p. 82, note 48
- 1961
- R. Klessmann, "Nachtrag zu Jacob Jordaens" in Berliner Museen Berichte Aus Den Ehem, Preussischen Kunstsammlungen. Neue Folge, vol. 12, 1961, p. 21, note 12b
- 1968
- M. Jaffé, Jacob Jordaens (exh. cat.), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1968-9, p. 93, under no. 39
- 2007
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 40 (Apr. 2005-Mar. 2006), 2007, Kofuku, Akira. New Acquisitions. p. 25-26, List of New Acquisitions. p. 63, repr.
- 2013
- Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 41, col. repr.
- 2017
- Muse: Women before the Artists' Eyes: from the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Traveling Exhibitions Presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2017 (exh. cat.). Nakada, Asuka, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2017, pp. 33, 138, cat. no. 11, col. repr.
- 2018
- Kofuku, Akira. Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. [Tokyo], The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; The Western Art Foundation, 2018, pp. 86-88, no. 22, col. repr.