Holy Family and donors (Carpaccio)

Holy Family and donors
Artist Vittore Carpaccio
Year 1505
Type tempera and (?) oil on panel
Dimensions 141 cm × 285 cm (56 in × 112 in)
Location 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, in 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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