Heilige Familie met lelietak en putti 1650 - 1701

This print, titled "Holy Family with Lily Branch and Putti," was made by an anonymous artist. Images of the Holy Family have long served as both devotional objects and as models for the patriarchal family. Here, the setting is pastoral, classical, and idealized. We see Mary seated at a slightly higher elevation than Joseph, with the Christ child standing before her. The image invokes ideas about the father’s labor, the sanctity of motherhood, and the innocence of childhood, while also conveying a tacit hierarchy between the genders. The lilies symbolize purity and the putti evoke divine love and protection, yet the image also evokes the family unit as a cornerstone of social stability and morality. Ultimately, this print offers a glimpse into the idealized vision of domesticity, faith, and familial roles that once shaped personal identities and societal structures.