The Holy Family at the Palm-tree
by PUGET, Pierre, Oil on canvas, 210 x 140 cm
The painting, executed during the first years of Puget’s stay in Genoa, represent the scene of the Holy Family resting on flight to Egypt. The composition makes a direct reference to the painting by Van Dyck on the same subject showing at the same time the influence of the Genoese painters Valerio Castello and Domenico Piola.