The Holy Family with a Little Bird

The Holy Family with a Little Bird is a c.1650 oil on canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, acquired for the Spanish royal collection by Elisabeth Farnese in 1744 and now in the Prado Museum in Madrid.^[1] It shows Saint Joseph the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child.^[2]

References[]

^ (in Spanish) Romano, E., ed. (2005). Murillo. Los grandes genios del Arte, Tomo 12. Madrid, España: Unidad Editorial. p. 192. ISBN 84-89780-63-3.
^ Catalogue entry

v t Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Immaculate Conceptions	San Vincente (c. 1640–1650) La Colasal (1645–1655) Esquilache (1645–1655) El Escorial (1660–1665) Museo Soumaya (c. 1670) Aranjuez (c.1675) Los Venerables (c. 1678) Walpole (c. 1680)
Other religious works	Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (1640–1645) The Flight into Egypt (1647–1650) The Holy Family with a Little Bird (1650) Our Lady of the Rosary (1650–1655) Rebecca and Eleazar (1652) The Vision of Saint Anthony of Padua (1656) The Good Shepherd (c. 1660) Christ on the Cross (c. 1660–1670) The Birth of the Virgin (1661) The Patrician's Dream (1665) Rest on the Flight into Egypt (c. 1665) Liberation of Peter (1665–1667) Isaac Blessing Jacob (1665–1670) Saint Justa and Saint Rufina (c. 1666) Madonna and Child of the Napkin (c. 1666) Saint Francis Embracing Christ on the Cross (1668–1669) The Christ Child and the Infant John the Baptist with a Shell (1670–1675) Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Curing the Sick (1672) Christ on the Cross (c. 1675, Metropolitan Museum of Art) Christ on the Cross (c. 1675, Prado) Christ on the Cross (c. 1677, Prado) The Christ Child Distributing Bread to Pilgrims (1678) The Heavenly and Earthly Trinities (c.1680)
Genre works	The Young Beggar (1645–1650) Children Eating Grapes and a Melon (1645–1650) Boy with a Dog (1655–1660) Two Women at a Window (1665–1675) Children Eating a Tart (1670–1675) The Flower Girl (c.1675-1680)
Portraits	Portrait of Diego Ortiz de Zúñiga (c. 1653)
Museums	Casa de Murillo