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The Holy Family

Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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A scene depicting the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus. The Virgin is shown three-quarter length, seated with the baby Jesus lying diagonally across her lap, with her head inclined to the right and her left breast held in her hand ready to feed him. She wears a red dress and blue robes. Joseph, holding a book, is seen in profile in the top left corner; four cherubs appear in the clouds in the top right. Landscape background is broadly indicated on the right.
Title

The Holy Family

Date

1627–1632

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 122 x W 97.9 cm

Accession number

1947.137

Acquisition method

bequeathed by George Beatson Blair, 1947

Work type

Painting

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