The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt. Artist: Nicolás Enríquez (Mexican, 1704-1790). Dimensions: 22 1/4 × 16 1/2 in. (56.5 × 41.9 cm)Framed: 25 in. × 19 1/2 in. × 1 1/2 in. (63.5 × 49.5 × 3.8 cm). Date: 1773.Nicolás Enríquez, whose career spanned more than six decades, is best known as a specialist in paintings on copper. He frequently based his compositions on European prints, as he did in this painting, which copies a work by the Flemish artist, Peter Paul Rubens. The popularity of the subject, in which the heavenly Trinity is mirrored by the earthly one of the Holy Family, can be attributed to the growing importance of the cult of St. Joseph. The saint, depicted here as a youthful spouse and father, was made patron of New Spain in 1555.This painting is one of a set of five (2014.171-.175) created in 1773 by Enríquez for the private devotional use of Juan Bautista Echeverría, a Spanish-born merchant. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt. Artist: Nicolás Enríquez (Mexican, 1704-1790). Dimensions: 22 1/4 × 16 1/2 in. (56.5 × 41.9 cm)Framed: 25 in. × 19 1/2 in. × 1 1/2 in. (63.5 × 49.5 × 3.8 cm). Date: 1773.Nicolás Enríquez, whose career spanned more than six decades, is best known as a specialist in paintings on copper. He frequently based his compositions on European prints, as he did in this painting, which copies a work by the Flemish artist, Peter Paul Rubens. The popularity of the subject, in which the heavenly Trinity is mirrored by the earthly one of the Holy Family, can be attributed to the growing importance of the cult of St. Joseph. The saint, depicted here as a youthful spouse and father, was made patron of New Spain in 1555.This painting is one of a set of five (2014.171-.175) created in 1773 by Enríquez for the private devotional use of Juan Bautista Echeverría, a Spanish-born merchant. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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