Image: The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt (Bartolomé Esteban Murillo) - Nationalmuseum - 21281
Description: This painting, probably meant to hang in a church, is also called The Two Trinities. It alludes on the one hand to Mary, Joseph, and the Christ Child, and on the other hand to God the Father, the Holy Ghost (in the shape of a dove), and Christ. The two trinities, the one on the horizontal plane and the other on the vertical plane, bind the heavenly and the earthly spheres together according to a pattern that became common in the sixteenth century.
Title: The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt
Credit: Nationalmuseum
Author: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Permission: The author died in 1682, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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