Domenico
Guidi
The Holy Family
17th century
Marble relief
Church of Sant'Agnese in Agone
The child Jesus stands at Mary's lap and receives a gift from his
cousin John, who is precociously clad in the animal-skin garb he will
wear as an adult in the desert. Behind John are his mother
Elizabeth and his father Zecheriah.
Is the man seated with the book St. Joseph? What is the child
receiving?
More of the Virgin and Child
More of John the Baptist
Photographed at the
site by Richard Stracke