At
Bukowski's, they sell on 16 April 2015 a "Holy Family" by an unknown artist, 18th or 19th century, estimated at 425 Euro and with a current bid of 213 Euro.
UPDATE: sold for only 278 Euro.
It is in reality a Saint Anne with the child Mary, not a Holy Family (Mary as the mother with the child Jesus is never depicted this old). Searching for an artist or original version showed only a much brighter coloured painting attributed to "Francesco de Nura" (sic, probably Francesco de Mura) from Rimini. The colouring of the one for sale is much more to my taste, makes it more realistic and less sentimental, but some details in the other one seem slightly better. Perhaps they are both copies after the same superior original? Any way, the one for sale seems to be worth more than the estimate, although it has some condition issues.
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