Holy Family and donors (Carpaccio)

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Holy Family and donors
Vittore Carpaccio, 1505
tempera and (?)oil on panel
141 × 285 cm
Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon

The Holy Family and donors is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Vittore Carpaccio. It is in the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, near Lisbon, Portugal.

It shows the Holy Family on the left, and two donors in rich clothes on the right, all adoring the Christ Child in the centre. In the background is a fanciful landscape with the Magi riding towards the main scene.


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