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La Sacra famiglia con San Leonardo Siena
Artist: Sodoma
Year: 1530 circa
Current location: Cappella dei Nove - Palazzo Comunale
Original location: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
Oil on panel, dimensions: 181 x 176 cm
"The Holy Family with Saint Leonard" is a painting by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, known as "Il Sodoma," dated around 1530 and housed in the Cappella dei Nove in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. The work depicts the Madonna with the Child Jesus, Saint Joseph, and Saint Agnes, and is distinguished by the presence of Saint Leonard (patron saint of prisoners), depicted caressing the Child with one hand and, with the other, holding an iron tool, perhaps a shackle, symbolizing the ancient instrument of restraint.
La Sacra famiglia con San Leonardo