Online Edition
January 2015
Vol. XX, No.7
The Holy Family,
homage to Gerard David
 In Gerard David’s painting, the tree is actually a Flemish chestnut tree; but people would have recognized the story.</p>
<p> The artist creates an atmosphere of peace and calm through the use of colors — predominately blues, and the composition centered on the Virgin and Child seated on a rock, with Joseph and his stick at the upper right, and the distant bluish landscape. The grapes in the very center of the composition, held both by Mary and the infant Jesus, symbolize the Eucharist.</p>
<p >(Editor’s note: Gerard David’s painting appeared on the cover of the Christmastide 2013 issue of <em>Voices</em>, our “sister” publication, and can be seen here: <a target=)
wf-f.org/13-4David.html).
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Online Edition
January 2015
Vol. XX, No.7
The Holy Family,
homage to Gerard David
wf-f.org/13-4David.html).
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