The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen (Q16621835)
Label from: English (en)
movement:
mannerism (Q131808)
genre:
religious art (Q2864737)
artist:
El Greco (Q301)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location of final assembly:
Spain (Q29)
depicts:
Mary Magdalene (Q63070)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID:
00077403
Google Arts & Culture asset ID:
ngEze4qyDbgLcg
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.247
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: The seemingly weightless figures, the startling color combinations, and the moody, imprecise setting all show El Greco’s interest in conveying the intense spirituality of these figures rather than their concrete reality. Above all, the painting addresses Mary’s role as mediator between Christ and the viewer. She supports her son, but her faraway look indicates awareness of his fate. Mary feeds Jesus fruit held by Joseph that is full of symbolic meaning, with the apple representing the fall of man; cherries, the blood of Christ; peaches, salvation; and pears, the sweetness of Christ’s virtue.
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