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BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder: The Holy Family

🖼 The Holy Family, c. 1623
Oil on panel
93.5 × 72 cm
Munich, Germany

Intimate domestic scene rendered in jewel-toned oils, where Mary tends the infant Jesus amid humble furnishings and intricate still-life details. Brueghel's Flemish mastery transforms sacred narrative into tangible, earthly reality—revolutionizing religious art by emphasizing human warmth over distant transcendence.

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