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Painting of Mary in teal robe holding nude infant Christ on her knee, bearded Joseph at right, pink curtain above, green landscape behind.

The Holy Family with the Christ Child

Mary, draped in a teal mantle over a red gown, holds the nude Christ Child on her knee while an older bearded man stands at the right, partly cut off by the frame. A pink canopy hangs above, and a landscape with trees opens behind the figures.

Artist
attributed to Lorenzo Costa
Date
1490-1510
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3096 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1510.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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