CALVAERT, Denys
(b. 1540, Antwerpen, d. 1619, Bologna)

Holy Family with St John

1590s
Oil on canvas
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

This drawing was a preparatory work for another composition, presumably an engraving, but no engraving that could have been based on this preliminary composition is known.

This drawing has been linked by many scholars to Calvaert's painting in Edinburgh. However, it is closer to a painting in Genoa.