The Holy Kinship, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, circa 1495

Christ’s next of kin are gathered in an imaginary medieval church. The term for such a scene derives from the word for a blood relation. At left, the virgin (in blue) is seated with jesus on her lap beside her mother, anne. Behind them stand their husbands, joachim and joseph. At right sits mary’s cousin elizabeth with her son, john the baptist. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: circa 1495. Place of creation: Haarlem. Dimensions: height: 137.2 cm (54 in) ; width: 105.8 cm (41.6 in). Medium: oil on oak panel. Collection: Rijksmuseum. De heilige maagschap Rijksmuseum SK-A-500

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Author: Workshop of Geertgen tot Sint Jans (circa 1460–circa 1488)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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