The Holy Family

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Artist: Joos van Cleve
Date: ca. 1512–13
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (42.5 x 31.8 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #98745F · 19%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #292019 · 17%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #7B5541 · 14%

Pine Needle · Green family · #2F4232 · 8%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #5F4131 · 8%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #45342A · 7%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #343324 · 6%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B19783 · 6%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #324350 · 5%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #532019 · 4%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #7D3129 · 2%

Lampblack · Black family · #0D0805 · 1%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #302425 · 1%

Blueprint Wash · Blue family · #627F89 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #020106 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #8F9E9A · <1%

Weathered Brick · Orange family · #A65B3D · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #879CA2 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931

10 tags

Madonna and Child Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the subject as the Holy Family, including the Virgin Mary and Jesus; the central image visibly depicts Mary with the child.
Family Both · 99%

The catalog lists the Holy Family, Virgin Mary, and Jesus, while the image shows a mother and child in close physical contact.
Food Metadata · 99%

The catalog lists Fruit and Grapes among the subjects; the image clearly shows grapes and assorted fruit on the foreground table.
Interiors Visual · 97%

Shelves, vessels, a hanging brush, and a table establish the scene as an interior.

Dark Colors Visual · 97%

The composition is dominated by deep black, brown, green, blue, and red tones, with lighter flesh tones and highlights providing contrast.
Highly Detailed Visual · 96%

Fine detail is evident in the figures, veil, hair, textiles, fruit, glass, metal objects, and written scroll.

Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum identifies the medium as oil on wood, corresponding to an oil painting on a wooden panel.
Oil on Panel Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the support as wood, corresponding to an oil painting on panel.

16th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to circa 1512–13, placing it in the sixteenth century.

Wood Metadata · 99%

The museum’s medium description specifies wood as the support material.

Joos van Cleve. The Holy Family. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.