# Holy Family with a Shepherd, in Renaissance

Battista Dossi painted this in the early 1520s, aged about 30. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> In this image of the Holy Family, Joseph and Mary lean in to admire the Christ Child while a shepherd looks on, leaning on his staff. Before executing this painting, Battista visited Rome, including an extensive study of Raphael's works.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: early 1520s
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: Unframed: 38.7 x 32 cm (15 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1949.185
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Battista Dossi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/battista-dossi), Italian, c. 1490–1548

1 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Battista Dossi's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-battista-dossi?hang=750) (8 works)
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