The Holy Family

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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Unfinished Biblical scene representing a figure group of the Holy family set in Modern England, represented using ordinary people as models. The scene depicts Mary on the right with raised head and closed eyes, carrying the baby Jesus in her arms. Joseph is on the left in the foreground, with the elderly Saint John behind him. Various trees and an English parish church are depicted within a landscape setting. The painting resembles a wall mural or medieval painting in its subject matter and relative flatness.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

The Holy Family

Date

1929

Medium

tempera on canvas

Measurements

H 45.5 x W 35.5 cm

Accession number

1954.1051

Acquisition method

gift from the Contemporary Art Society, 1954

Work type

Painting

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