D'après Rubens, Sainte Famille avec sainte Anne, années 1600, huile sur toile

Oil on canvas. The painting derives from the work of Rubens (1577 -1640) preserved in the Prado Museum in Madrid, reproduced in the counterparty in engraving by Paulus Pontius (1603 -1658), as it also appears in this version. Of the scene the figure of Mary, whose face was inspired by that of Isabel Brandt, the first wife of the Flemish painter, who died in1626 at just 35 years old. The Madonna holds the baby Jesus in his arms, who looks at her tenderly but seriously in the eyes, while a hand is resting on the breast of the mother, from whom she has just received nourishment; Behind, standing, Sant'Anna envelops the shoulders of the daughter and nephew in a tender and protective embrace, smiling pleased: on the left side, a little separate and in the dark, Giuseppe assists thoughtful and worried: the only human figure that is not part of In the light emanated by the face of the child, irradiated on that of Mary and, by reflection, also on that of Sant 'Anna. Compared to the work of the master, the composition of the figures is respected, but several details vary, in particular in the guise of Sant 'Anna, of Mary, in the draper that surrounds the hips of the child., To support the hypothesis that it is The work of follower of the Flemish master. The painting, restored and restored, presents himself in good condition, with only a scratch in the color at the top in the center.