FRANCIA, Francesco
(b. 1450, Bologna, d. 1517, Bologna)

The Holy Family

c. 1510
Oil on panel, 64 x 49 cm
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

In this painting of the Bolognese painter, an idealized, pensive Mary with an idyllic landscape behind her, turns her child towards us. He looks at us raising his right hand in benediction. Joseph, who may well bear the lineaments of the patron was given a purely passive role.