The Holy Family
by MURILLO, Bartolomé Esteban, Oil on canvas, 186 x 155 cm
A characteristic feature of the painting is that St Joseph is depicted as a rather old man. Thus Murillo ignored the iconograhic rule generally respected in that period.
A characteristic feature of the painting is that St Joseph is depicted as a rather old man. Thus Murillo ignored the iconograhic rule generally respected in that period.