Holy Family and Donors (Carpaccio)

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Holy Family and Donors
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Artist Vittore Carpaccio(1465–1520) [1]
Year1505 [2]
Type tempera and (?) oil on panel
Dimensions141 cm× 285 cm(56 in× 112 in)
Location Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon

Holy Family and Donors is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Vittore Carpaccio. It is now in the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, in Lisbon, Portugal. [2]

The work shows the Holy Family on the left, and two donors in rich clothes on the right, all adoring the Christ Child in the centre. In the background is a fanciful landscape with the Magi riding towards the main scene.

References

  1. ↑ Daniela Schetar-Köthe (15 August 2017). DuMont Reise-Taschenbuch Reiseführer Slowenien & Istrien: mit Online-Updates als Gratis-Download. Dumont Reiseverlag. pp. 213–. ISBN   978-3-616-42119-3.
  2. 1 2 Museu Calouste Gulbenkian; Luísa Sampaio (2 March 2010). Painting in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Skira. ISBN   978-88-572-0293-8.
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