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Holy Family, German, c. 1450

German

Holy Family

c. 1450 · Painting

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Room238

On public display.

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About the painting

This view of the Holy Family in an interior is filled with the trappings of a comfortable bourgeois existence. Its unknown maker was probably working from a repertory of pattern drawings derived from the most innovative Netherlandish painters of the early 15th century, Rogier van der Weyden and Jan van Eyck. The pose of the Virgin and the buffet with its brass and pewter vessels are particularly indebted to their work. At the same time, the painting’s dry style and its use of a spruce rather than an oak panel for the support are indications that it was made in Southern Germany.

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Particulars

Accession number
1933.1044

What it shows

Holy familyBuffetPewterVesselsBreadChairChildCitiesInteriorLuxuryManOrange (color)OrangesPitcherRed (color)SaintsStained glassTileVirgin and child/Madonna and childVirgin MaryWealthWindowWomanWoman with children

In the catalog

PaintingsOilRenaissance15th centurySouthern Germany

Sources

In the same room · Gallery 238, Art Institute of Chicago

Museum page
Bust of a Nobleman in Armor, Pietro Tacca, c. 1610

Pietro Tacca

Bust of a Nobleman in Armor, c. 1610

Adam, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1533–37

Lucas Cranach

Adam, 1533–37

Eve, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1533–37

Lucas Cranach

Eve, 1533–37

Portrait of Fridrich Rorbach, Conrad Faber, 1532

Conrad Faber von Creuznach

Portrait of Fridrich Rorbach, 1532

A Lady Reading (Saint Mary Magdalene), Master of the Female Half-Lengths, c. 1530

Master of the Female Half-Lengths

A Lady Reading (Saint Mary Magdalene), c. 1530

Susanna and the Elders in the Garden, and the Trial of Susanna before the Elders, Master of Apollo and Daphne, c. 1500

Master of Apollo and Daphne

Susanna and the Elders in the Garden, and the Trial of Susanna before the Elders, c. 1500

Daniel Saving Susanna, the Judgment of Daniel, and the Execution of the Elders, Master of Apollo and Daphne, c. 1500

Master of Apollo and Daphne

Daniel Saving Susanna, the Judgment of Daniel, and the Execution of the Elders, c. 1500

Crucifixion Relief from a Rosary Bead, Flemish, 1500/25

Flemish

Crucifixion Relief from a Rosary Bead, 1500/25

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