SCHONGAUER, Martin
(b. ca. 1430, Colmar, d. 1491, Breisach)

The Holy Family

1475-80
Oil on wood, 26 x 17 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Schongauer painted several small paintings representing the Holy Family, the Madonna or the Nativity; these paintings were sent to various countries (to Spain, England, Italy, France). This Holy Family belongs to this group of paintings.