Figures and a Dog in a Landscape, 1852, Oil on wood, 17 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (43.8 x 29.8 cm), Paintings, Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, Bordeaux 1808–1876 Menton), At the center of this landscape is a group of figures posed in a pyramidal arrangement borrowed from Renaissance prototypes of the Holy Family. The man, who serves as the highest point of this arrangement of figures, imitates representations of the biblical Joseph as he leans to his left and gazes at the seated woman from behind her shoulder
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Figures, Dog, Landscape, 1852, Oil, wood, 17 1/4 x 11 3/4, 43.8 29.8 cm, Paintings, Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña, French, Bordeaux, 1808–1876, Menton, center, landscape, group, figures posed, pyramidal arrangement borrowed, Renaissance prototypes, Holy Family, man, serves, highest point, arrangement, figures, imitates representations, biblical Joseph, leans, left, gazes, seated woman, shoulder
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