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Basic Information | Accession Number: | 1947P5 |
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Collection: | Fine Art Paintings and Sculpture |
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Date: | 1615 - 1620 |
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Maker Information | Artist: | Orazio Gentileschi - View biography for Orazio Gentileschi |
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Notes | Gentileschi has treated the subject as if the Holy Family were ordinary Italian peasants. Joseph is old, haggard and exhausted. The Virgin is a young, well-built woman with grubby feet sitting uncomfortably on the floor of a ruined building as she feeds her toddler child. Jesus appears naked and vulnerable glancing furtively towards the viewer and we are reminded that this family are refugees escaping from Herod's death-threat. | Purchased, 1947. |
Further Information | Production Period: | 17th century |
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School/Style: | Old Master |
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Medium: | Oil on canvas. |
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Material(s): | Oil paint |
Dimensions | Height: | 1756 mm |
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Width: | 2180 mm |
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