# Holy Family

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PROCACCINI, Giulio Cesare](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-giulio-cesare-r6f82f19f5cfb2d>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on panel, 145 x 93 cm

## Commentary

The Virgin leans gently towards her son to prop him up, as Joseph behind them, observes his family. As the saviour of humanity and new Adam, Jesus is clutching an apple, whereas Mary is holding a nosegay with lilies, the symbol of purity. From a compositional standpoint, this panel evokes other variations of this theme that Procaccini painted around the 1620s. In these works the figures occupy a compressed space and emerge from the darkness with great plastic force.

## Related artworks

- [Ecce Homo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-giulio-cesare-r6f82f19f5cfb2d/ecce-homo-r4bb3c8365a55b8>)
- [Holy Family with John the Baptist and an Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-giulio-cesare-r6f82f19f5cfb2d/holy-family-with-john-the-baptist-and-an-angel-rbe35c394e64cbd>)
- [Holy Family with the Young St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-giulio-cesare-r6f82f19f5cfb2d/holy-family-with-the-young-st-john-the-baptist-rf62375223ba306>)
- [Madonna and Child with Sts Francis and Dominic and Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-giulio-cesare-r6f82f19f5cfb2d/madonna-and-child-with-sts-francis-and-dominic-and-angels-rf9160d7a1bd24e>)
- [Matyrdom of St Rufina and St Seconda \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-giulio-cesare-r6f82f19f5cfb2d/matyrdom-of-st-rufina-and-st-seconda-detail-r4c2cfc13fbe3a1>)
- [Matyrdom of St Rufina and St Seconda](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-giulio-cesare-r6f82f19f5cfb2d/matyrdom-of-st-rufina-and-st-seconda-r31be16415c68d0>)
- [St Sebastian Tended by Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-giulio-cesare-r6f82f19f5cfb2d/st-sebastian-tended-by-angels-r4bdac1ecafb987>)
- [The Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-giulio-cesare-r6f82f19f5cfb2d/the-annunciation-r8bf5b256ec77c4>)
- [The Martyrdom of St Sebastian](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-giulio-cesare-r6f82f19f5cfb2d/the-martyrdom-of-st-sebastian-r97db043f2f5a35>)
- [The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-giulio-cesare-r6f82f19f5cfb2d/the-mystic-marriage-of-st-catherine-r0dc2d360a96bf9>)
- [The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-giulio-cesare-r6f82f19f5cfb2d/the-mystic-marriage-of-st-catherine-rf2353f41ea2bd6>)
- [The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist and Attendant Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-giulio-cesare-r6f82f19f5cfb2d/the-virgin-and-child-with-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-and-attendant-angels-r963defb74c6da0>)

## Attribution

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