Feasts & the Holy Family
The Holy Family (II)
After Sister Marie-Paul Farran
ΜΡ ΘΥ · Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσήφ
- Technique
- Egg tempera and gold leaf on wood
- Status
- Completed · private collection
About this icon
A second version of the Holy Family after the model created in 1984 by Sister Marie-Paul Farran. Joseph gathers Mary and the Child in a single embrace: the tenderness of an ordinary family becomes an image of God's union with humanity.