18TH CENTURY BOLOGNESE SCHOOL, WORKSHOP OF GIUSEPPE MARIA CRESPI (1665 - 1747) The Holy Family around the Child Jesus Reading a Verse of Scripture Canvas 96 x 70 cm Bibliography: Mira Pajes Merriman, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Milan, Rizzoli,1980, p.256, n°72 (as Crespi and studio), repr. 72. Our painting is a small replica of Giuseppe Maria Crespi's painting for Cardinal Ottoboni, now in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. The main variation concerns Saint Joseph's right arm, which is folded here. The monograph lists other versions with variations.