# The Holy Family

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009/the-holy-family-ra0566d8f404664>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [FRANCIA, Francesco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on panel, 64 x 49 cm

## Commentary

In this painting of the Bolognese painter, an idealized, pensive Mary with an idyllic landscape behind her, turns her child towards us. He looks at us raising his right hand in benediction. Joseph, who may well bear the lineaments of the patron was given a purely passive role.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Child \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009/adoration-of-the-child-detail-r4620a50bb2d028>)
- [Adoration of the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009/adoration-of-the-child-re4c1ea918fc9eb>)
- [Adoration of the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009/adoration-of-the-child-rfe6296277f8591>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009/crucifixion-r5cd7aac1d2b7e9>)
- [Crucifixion with Sts John and Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009/crucifixion-with-sts-john-and-jerome-r761a237a35d122>)
- [Deposition](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009/deposition-r2d55789eba9999>)
- [Evangelista Scappi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009/evangelista-scappi-r67f7da2850f6ff>)
- [Federigo Gonzaga](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009/federigo-gonzaga-r086705084d7e96>)
- [Legend of Sts Cecilia and Valerian, Scene 1](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009/legend-of-sts-cecilia-and-valerian-scene-1-r2cfb7980d9962c>)
- [Legend of Sts Cecilia and Valerian, Scene 10](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009/legend-of-sts-cecilia-and-valerian-scene-10-r4a3ebba6e67374>)
- [Legend of Sts Cecilia and Valerian, Scene 3](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009/legend-of-sts-cecilia-and-valerian-scene-3-rb234d2b2c4e66c>)
- [Legend of Sts Cecilia and Valerian, Scene 4](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/francia-francesco-rc1f1786aa2b009/legend-of-sts-cecilia-and-valerian-scene-4-rbd223fc86dc065>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)