CLEVE, Cornelis van
(b. 1520, Antwerpen, d. after 1570, Antwerpen)

Holy Family

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Oil on oak panel, 95 x 74 cm
Groeninge Museum, Bruges

The dexterously modelled Holy Family by Cornelis van Cleve, painted in a purplish chiaroscuro, indicates the classical direction in which the Antwerp Romanists wished to move.