The Holy Family
Artist: Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712-1793)
Date: about 1740-1745
Dimensions:
Frame: 51 × 43 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (129.5 × 110.2 × 6.4 cm)
45 1/2 × 37 7/8 in. (115.6 × 96.2 cm)
Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1926.71
Label Text:Best known as a painter of views of Venice, Francesco Guardi’s earlier work focused on figural painting. The Holy Family was originally located in the parish church of Strigno di Valsugana in the Italian Tyrol. The lively, pyramidal composition shows the biblical Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary, holding the infant Christ in the center. On the left is Mary, reaching out to support the child, while on the right a smiling angel holds up a basket of flowers. The work is a copy after a 17th-century altarpiece by Baroque artist Andrea Pozzo (1642–1709).
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