# The Holy Family with an Angel [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARRARI, Baldassare]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on panel, 71 x 47 cm ## Commentary The Holy Family with an Angel c. 1485 Oil on panel, 71 x 47 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore The subject of this painting is the celebration of Christ's birth, although the infant Christ, who stands in his mother's lap, seems much older than a newborn. The ass and ox on the left are traditional witnesses of Christ's birth in the Bethlehem stable. The procession in the background signals a later event: the arrival of the wise men from the East to pay homage to the Messiah. The painting is spectacular for its many plant and animal details, each with a specific symbolic significance. ## Related artworks - [Deposition]() - [Entombment]() - [The Arrest of Christ]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()