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| Keywords: Baldassare Carrari - The Holy Family with an Angel - Walters 37546.jpg The subject of this painting is the celebration of Christ's birth although the infant Christ who stands in his mother's lap seems much older than a newborn The ass and ox on the left are traditional witnesses of Christ's birth in the Bethlehem stable The procession in the background signals a later event the arrival of the wise men from the East to pay homage to the Messiah The painting is spectacular for its many plant and animal details each with a specific symbolic significance For instance the snail in the right corner was often meant to suggest sin because of its trail of slime and the red poppy the second flowering plant on the left is a traditional symbol of Christ's Passion because of its color Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 155 228-229 ca 1485 Renaissance oil on panel Painted surface cm 70 5 46 7 ; Panel H 28 1/4 x W 18 7/8 x D excluding auxiliary support 1/4 in 71 7 x 48 x 0 7 cm accession number 37 546 13789 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 504 as Lucas Cranach the younger Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Marco Palmezzano Il Rinascimento nelle Romagne Complesso di San Giacomo Apostolo Forli 2005-2006 place of origin Emilia-Romagna Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Baldassare Carrari Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update 1480s paintings from Italy 15th-century paintings of Holy Family 15th-century religious paintings in the United States People with fruits in art | ||||
