Holy Family 1539 - 1549

drawing, print

drawing

aged paper

toned paper

light pencil work

print

pencil sketch

personal sketchbook

ink drawing experimentation

coffee painting

sketchbook art

pencil art

virgin-mary

watercolor

christ

"Holy Family" is a pen and ink drawing attributed to the Master ND, a 16th-century Italian artist. The drawing, created between 1539 and 1549, depicts the Virgin Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus. The figures are arranged in a traditional composition, with Mary seated and holding Jesus, while Joseph stands behind her. The drawing is characterized by its meticulous detail and strong sense of three-dimensionality. It is currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.