Heilige Familie

Künstler
Luca Signorelli
um 1450 Cortona - 1523 Cortona
Heilige Familie
Luca Signorelli (1487–1517), Heilige Familie, London, National Gallery, Saal 61, um 1490–1495, Bild 1/2
Luca Signorelli (1487–1517), Heilige Familie, London, National Gallery, Saal 61, um 1490–1495, Bild 1/2
Luca Signorelli (1487–1517), Heilige Familie, London, National Gallery, Saal 61, um 1490–1495, Bild 2/2

The Holy Family

Signorelli was active in Central Italy and is thought to have been a pupil of Piero della Francesca. This depiction of the holy family centres on Mary about to suckle the Christ Child, an image known as Virgo Lactans. The strawberries the infant holds may refer to his fruitful and righteous life, or to the blood associated with his later suffering, or indeed to both.

London, National Gallery, Saal 61
London, National Gallery, Saal 61, Bild 1/2
London, National Gallery, Saal 61, Bild 1/2
London, National Gallery, Saal 61, Bild 2/2

In Vorbereitung: Paris, Musée d’Orsay; Paris, Musée des Arts décoratifs; L'Aquila, Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo; Ascoli Piceno, Pinacoteca civica

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