The Holy Family (Q21675381)

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genre: religious art (Q2864737)
artist: Francisque Millet (Q3751077)
collection: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
location: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
main subject: Holy Family (Q618057)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
depicts: Virgin Mary (Q345) Christ Child (Q942467) Joseph (Q128267)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
MSK Gent work PID: 1913-P
BALaT object ID: 99266

catalog URL: http://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1913-P

information from the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) catalog

description: Jean-François Millet is mainly known as the painter of rural life in France. For these rural tableaux he often based himself on biblical stories or classic literature. The integration of such classic elements explains the religious, spiritual undertone in his work. Yet his work rarely centred on…

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