Spanish school of the second half of the 17th century.

Spanish school of the second half of the seventeenth century.
"Holy Family with St. Joachim and St. Anne".
Oil on canvas.
Measurements: 68 x 101 cm; 79 x 112 cm (frame).

Painting of devotional theme, representing in a symmetrical and ordered composition the Holy Family and the parents of the Virgin. The Child Jesus occupies the compositional center and is held in arms by Mary (wearing red tunic and blue mantle, colors of the Passion and Purity respectively) and St. Anne (who covers her hair with a handkerchief that enhances her facial oval). Remaining in the background, one at each end, are St. Joseph (still young) and St. Joachim (with a gray beard). The painting belongs to a baroque school ascribed to classicism.