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Holy Family with a Shepherd

Battista Dossi

Cleveland Museum of Art

The painting depicts a scene with four people. A woman with a green headscarf sits on the left. She wears a pink shirt and a long green skirt. A naked baby sits on her lap. A man kneels before them; he wears a red shirt, has a yellow halo and a long orange cloak. A younger man with short hair and a blue robe stands on the right; he holds a shepherd's staff. He looks down at the kneeling man. In the background, trees and a building are visible through a gap between two large structures. The woman and child have golden halos. The structures appear made of stone and wood. The man on the right wears white pants. A landscape is seen in the distance.

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749 × 893 px
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