The Holy Familyby El Greco
1594-1604
Oil on canvas, 107 x 69 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
There's all sorts of strangeness in this mannerist painting. First of all, it appears that Mary is sitting on the lap of both her parents. Then there's Jesus's spherical head with its wicked case of male pattern balding and his weird Michael Jackson nose. And Saint John the Baptist? WTF is the deal with his, um, area? Mangina?
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