The Holy Family

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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

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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.