Masterpieces

The Eighth Triad 22-23-24

Three other works are brought together by a curtain, by drapery covering the background. In the middle there is the enduring Holy Family, with the baby Jesus on his mother’s lap and Saint Joseph, this adopted earthly father, standing with his stick in his hand, against a background of bright, warm red earth.

We see the two children, Jesus and Saint John, playing together.

To the left there is a harvest scene, a luminous circle and a departure.

On the left, Jesus is seated among the doctors. He is the centre of curiosity among these authorities of the Law. To the right the drapery behind follows the first, and here the pedant Jewish doctors can be seen with their varied expressions. At the back of the Temple there is a door by which Mary and Joseph enter, searching for the divine child.

As for the harvest scene, it is rich in colour laid on thick, and the lines of the plain converge towards the circle of light.

The horizon is obscure and makes a contrast with the white drapery where the child defies the learned doctors lost in the opacity of the Scriptures.

In the centre, there are two olive trees behind the curtain. All, all, presage the coming change.

Masterpieces

The Eighth Triad 22-23-24

Three other works are brought together by a curtain, by drapery covering the background. In the middle there is the enduring Holy Family, with the baby Jesus on his mother’s lap and Saint Joseph, this adopted earthly father, standing with his stick in his hand, against a background of bright, warm red earth.

We see the two children, Jesus and Saint John, playing together.

To the left there is a harvest scene, a luminous circle and a departure.

On the left, Jesus is seated among the doctors. He is the centre of curiosity among these authorities of the Law. To the right the drapery behind follows the first, and here the pedant Jewish doctors can be seen with their varied expressions. At the back of the Temple there is a door by which Mary and Joseph enter, searching for the divine child.

As for the harvest scene, it is rich in colour laid on thick, and the lines of the plain converge towards the circle of light.

The horizon is obscure and makes a contrast with the white drapery where the child defies the learned doctors lost in the opacity of the Scriptures.

In the centre, there are two olive trees behind the curtain. All, all, presage the coming change.