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The Holy Family

Artist Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642)
Place of OriginItaly
Dateabout 1610-1620
Dimensions8 7/8 × 6 1/8 in. (22.5 × 15.6 cm)
Mediumetching
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineWinthrop H. Perry Collection
Object number
1921.21
Not on View
Label TextWhile two child angels float above, sprinkling blossoms over the young Jesus, Mary sits, perhaps wearied by the child pulling at her clothing. Joseph appears to be resigned, seated behind a table, and poised over a book with head in hand—the classic pose of contemplative melancholy, symbolic of Joseph’s spiritual struggle with his wife’s miraculous pregnancyExhibition HistoryTMA The Painter Was a Printmaker: June 23 - Sept. 9, 1984. TMA, The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century, February 25 - July 31, 2011.
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