Saint Joseph and the Christ Child
Artist
Bartolomé Estebán Murillo
(Spanish, 1618 – 1682)
Dateca. 1670-75
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFrame: 54 3/4 × 45 9/16 × 5 in. (139.1 × 115.7 × 12.7 cm)
Image: 42 3/4 x 33 3/4 in. (108.6 x 85.7 cm)
Image: 42 3/4 x 33 3/4 in. (108.6 x 85.7 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN349
Though usually depicted with the Virgin Mary, in the 17th century the Christ Child was often shown with his father, St. Joseph, who had become the focus of his own cult. Murillo, like Velázquez before him, depicted scenes of everyday life, known as genre paintings, as well as devotional images. He often imbued his paintings of the Holy Family with an informality and intimacy more commonly expressed in genre scenes, perhaps in an attempt to convey the tenderness between father, mother, and child.
On View
Not on viewEnrique Valdivieso, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Published by: El Viso
1000 Copies in Spanish
Published by: El Viso
1000 Copies in Spanish
18th Century
