Sculpture

The Holy Family with Saint Anne and John as a Boy

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1660
Accession number: 2007.17.6
Maker: David Degler(Opens in new tab) (German, 1600–1682)
Dimensions: overall: 14 1/2 x 12 in. (36.8 x 30.5 cm.)
Medium: pear wood
Description: This wood panel shows Mary and Anne with the Infant Jesus between them, holding out an apple to the kneeling figure of Saint John as a boy. In the background on the right stands Joseph.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of the Ernst and Marta Silten-Friedberg Collection
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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