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LEONARDO DA PISTOIA: The Holy Family with the Infant St John

🖼 The Holy Family with the Infant St John, -
Oil on panel
112 × 87 cm

Tender intimacy unfolds as Mary cradles Jesus while Joseph and young John cluster close, rendered in soft Renaissance brushwork with warm, golden light. This devotional composition exemplifies early sixteenth-century Italian domesticity, transforming sacred narrative into an intimate family moment that humanizes religious subjects.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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