Holy Family
Carlo Maratti
Basic information
- ID
- Ж-777
- Author
- Carlo Maratti
- Name
- Holy Family
- Technique
- oil painting
- Material
- duplicated canvas oil
- Dimensions
- 85 x 85 cm (height x width)
Additionally
- Type
- painting icon
- Genre
- religious
- Plot
- Holy Family
- Provenance
- Collection of Lviv City Gallery
- Exposition
- Potocki Palace
Information about author
Object description
The tondo painting reproduces an iconographic scene of the Holy Family with angels. The artist masterfully employs soft, intimate lighting, smooth chiaroscuro, and a warm golden palette.
In the centre of the composition, the Mother of God is depicted with the Infant Christ. The Virgin Mary bends over Him, her face filled with tenderness and maternal adoration. She is attired in a traditional pink dress and a blue maphorion, with an ochre headscarf covering her head.
The little Jesus, completely naked, lies on a white swaddling cloth and sleeps soundly. In religious art, such an image of Christ symbolically alludes to His future death on the cross and the shroud.
To the right of the Mother of God stands Saint Joseph, gazing at the Son with focus and care. In his right hand, he holds a traditional staff topped with almond blossoms.
In the upper left corner of the painting, two little cherubs are depicted on a small white cloud. They observe the Holy Family with childish curiosity and reverence.
In the centre of the composition, the Mother of God is depicted with the Infant Christ. The Virgin Mary bends over Him, her face filled with tenderness and maternal adoration. She is attired in a traditional pink dress and a blue maphorion, with an ochre headscarf covering her head.
The little Jesus, completely naked, lies on a white swaddling cloth and sleeps soundly. In religious art, such an image of Christ symbolically alludes to His future death on the cross and the shroud.
To the right of the Mother of God stands Saint Joseph, gazing at the Son with focus and care. In his right hand, he holds a traditional staff topped with almond blossoms.
In the upper left corner of the painting, two little cherubs are depicted on a small white cloud. They observe the Holy Family with childish curiosity and reverence.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
