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Nicolas Poussin: The Holy Family on the Steps  wikidata:Q60474739 reasonator:Q60474739
Artist
Nicolas Poussin
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Title
The Holy Family on the Steps
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
This deceptively simple composition represents a complex meditation on the Holy Family’s role in the redemption of humanity. At the center, Mary presents the Christ Child to the world. At the left, Saint Elizabeth leans forward to foretell his eventual death, while her son, Saint John the Baptist, offers Jesus an apple, signifying humanity’s fall from grace in the Garden of Eden. At the right, Saint Joseph holds a compass, a sign of his occupation as a carpenter and also symbolic of God the Father. Poussin developed his composition meticulously and deliberately, using clear primary colors, simple forms, and a geometric organization to express the central importance of the Holy Family in Christian belief.
Date 1648
date QS:P571,+1648-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions Framed: 103.5 x 135.3 x 13.3 cm (40 3/4 x 53 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.); Unframed: 73.3 x 105.8 cm (28 7/8 x 41 5/8 in.); Former: 72.3 x 104 cm (28 7/16 x 40 15/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
European Painting and Sculpture
Accession number
1981.18
Place of creation France, 17th century
Credit line Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.18
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