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Baltasar de Vargas Figueroa — Holy Family
Baltasar de Vargas Figueroa

Holy Family

A tender domestic scene rendered in rich, luminous oils, this work depicts the Virgin Mary, the Christ Child, and Saint Joseph enveloped in a warm, intimate atmosphere characteristic of Spanish Baroque painting. Baltasar de Vargas Figueroa employs deep, velvety shadows and softly glowing highlights to model the figures with a sense of quiet reverence and human warmth. The composition draws the viewer's eye toward the sacred bond shared among the three figures, balancing devotional solemnity with an accessible, earthly tenderness.

Medium
oil on canvas

🔨 Auction Lot

Old Masters Online

January 21, 2019

Estimate: $30,000$50,000

Lot 1028

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Baltasar de Vargas Figueroa, Holy Family

A tender domestic scene rendered in rich, luminous oils, this work depicts the Virgin Mary, the Christ Child, and Saint Joseph enveloped in a warm, intimate atmosphere characteristic of Spanish Baroque painting. Baltasar de Vargas Figueroa employs deep, velvety shadows and softly glowing highlights to model the figures with a sense of quiet reverence and human warmth. The composition draws the viewer's eye toward the sacred bond shared among the three figures, balancing devotional solemnity with an accessible, earthly tenderness.

Medium
oil on canvas
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Figurative Painting, Old Master, Sacred, Male Artist, Traditional, Baroque, Devotional, Holy Family, Religious, Religious Subject, Devotional Art, Spanish Artist, 17th Century, Warm Tones, Spanish, Figurative, Oil on Canvas, Renaissance