GIORGIONE
(b. 1477, Castelfranco, d. 1510, Venezia)

The Holy Family

c. 1500
Oil on panel, 37 x 46 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington

This early painting is called the Benson Holy Family since once it belonged to the Robert Henry and Evelyn Holford Benson Collection in London. The figures closely resemble those painted by Giovanni Bellini.