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Gilded and painted wooden relief of the Holy Family with elderly figures, the Virgin, and the Christ Child in a crowded composition.

The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Joachim

A painted and gilded wooden relief shows the Virgin seated with the Christ Child on her lap, while an elderly bearded man leans in from the upper left and another bearded elder stands at right. A woman in a gold-hemmed mantle sits at lower right, her drapery rendered in deep folds and gilt highlights.

Artist
Diego de Pesquera
Date
1567–68
Medium
Wood, painted and gilt
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3001 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1568).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Helen Hay Whitney, 1944

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