The Holy Family with St. Elizabeth and John the Baptist – (Nicolas Poussin) Previous Next


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Style: Classicism

Topic: Family Religious Saints Virgin Mary Religious People Woman

Date: 1655

Size: 172 x 134 cm

Museum: The State Hermitage Museum (Russia)

Technique: Oil On Canvas

The Holy Family with St Elizabeth and John the Baptist (c. 1655) is an oil on canvas painting by Nicolas Poussin. John the Baptist (an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure) and his mother St Elizabeth together with the Holy Family. The painting was commissioned by Pierre Fréart de Chantelou, a court official of Louis XIII, for whose personal collection the artist executed a series of works. The painting (172 x 134 cm) is in the collection of The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

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