# The Holy Family with God the Father and the Holy Spirit [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DOLCI, Carlo]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on copper, 28 x 23 cm ## Commentary The Holy Family with God the Father and the Holy Spirit c. 1630 Oil on copper, 28 x 23 cm Private collection The subject of this painting is unusual, a variation on the traditional theme of the Sacra Conversazione, a venerable one among Florentine painters. In this representation, the mature Christ is shown between the Virgin and his father St Joseph. He gazes upward at the Holy Spirit and above him God the Father. The combination of the figures, therefore, void of other extraneous saints, represents the "Celestial" and "Terrestrial" Trinities together. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 3 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/17\_cent/frescobaldi\_ricercar.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Girolamo Frescobaldi: Ricercar No. 8</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Guardian Angel Tutoring the Christian Child]() - [Magdalene]() - [Martyrdom of St Andrew]() - [Moses]() - [Portrait of Ainolfo de' Bardi \(detail\)]() - [Portrait of Ainolfo de' Bardi]() - [Portrait of Vittoria della Rovere in Widow's Weeds]() - [Saint Jerome in Prayer]() - [Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist]() - [Self-Portrait]() - [St Catherine]() - [St Catherine Reading a Book]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()