Year 1518 Location The Louvre Period High Renaissance | Artist Raphael Created 1518 Genre Christian art | |
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Type Oil on canvas transferred from wood Dimensions 207 cm × 140 cm (81 in × 55 in) Similar Raphael artwork, Artwork at The Louvre, High Renaissance artwork | ||
The Holy Family is a 1518 painting of the Holy Family (Jesus, Mary and Joseph), Saint Elisabeth, an infant John the Baptist and two angels. It is signed by Raphael, but most of the work was delegated to his workshop assistants. It was commissioned by Pope Leo X as a gift to Claude, wife of Francis I of France, hence its name. It is now in the Louvre.
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The Holy Family of Francis I (Raphael) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA