The Holy Family on the Steps by Nicolas Poussin
by Carlos Diaz
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The Holy Family on the Steps by Nicolas Poussin
Artist
Carlos Diaz
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
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The Holy Family on the Steps - Remastered by Carlos Diaz
1648
Nicolas Poussin
(French, 1594-1665)
France, 17th century
This deceptively simple composition represents a complex meditation on the Holy Family’s role in the redemption of humanity. At the center, Mary presents the Christ Child to the world. At the left, Saint Elizabeth leans forward to foretell his eventual death, while her son, Saint John the Baptist, offers Jesus an apple, signifying humanity’s fall from grace in the Garden of Eden. At the right, Saint Joseph holds a compass, a sign of his occupation as a carpenter and also symbolic of God the Father. Poussin developed his composition meticulously and deliberately, using clear primary colors, simple forms, and a geometric organization to express the central importance of the Holy Family in Christian belief.
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