# St Joseph and the Christ Child

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GUGGENBICHLER, Johann Meinrad](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/guggenbichler-johann-meinrad-r71aa06797f17d5>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Painted, gilt wood, height 60 cm

## Commentary

The faces of the figures, the voluminous drapery organized in long, parallel folds punctuated by small ripples and the leg thrust outward show the influence of Thomas Schwanthaler, the artist with whom Guggenbichler worked on commissions for the Benedictine monasteries in Salzburg and Krems.

## Related artworks

- [Christ with Crown of Thorns](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/guggenbichler-johann-meinrad-r71aa06797f17d5/christ-with-crown-of-thorns-r891f1a7f492c8a>)
- [St Roch](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/guggenbichler-johann-meinrad-r71aa06797f17d5/st-roch-rb90947496a9e8a>)
- [St Sebastian](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/guggenbichler-johann-meinrad-r71aa06797f17d5/st-sebastian-r9899923917ecf9>)

## Attribution

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