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BENVENUTO DI PIETRO TISI, CALLED GAROFALO (1476-FERRARA 1559)

The Holy Family

May 1533

RCIN 406923

The gesture of St Anne, the Virgin’s mother, links the written word of God, being read by the Virgin, with its embodiment, the Christ Child. The wounds on Christ’s hands and feet foretell his Passion on the Cross, and the stone beneath his foot may refer to his future tomb.

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