The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist

The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist (c. 1615) is a Oil on panel by Peter Paul Rubens. Peter Paul Rubens’s distinctive blend of fleshy figures and heroic actions dominated the artistic ethos of Antwerp (in present-day Belgium) for much of the 1600s. Here, he translated a sacred subject into vernacular language. The infant Jesus cuddles on the lap of his mother, Mary, whose exposed breast serves as a visual reminder of the human needs of Jesus, also the child of God. Her elderly cousin Elizabeth and Elizabeth’s son, John the Baptist, look on in wonder and awe, and Joseph, Mary’s husband, tends to a. Giclee printed to order on enhanced matte art paper.