Title: The Holy Family

Artist: Il Nosadella

The Holy Family with Saints Anne, Catherine of Alexandria, and Mary Magdalene 1560s Il Nosadella (Giovanni Francesco Bezzi) Italian, active Bologna about 1550–1571 Oil on panel The bold colors, contorted poses, and compressed space in this panel are characteristic of the leading artistic trend of that time in Rome, introduced in Bologna in the 1550s by Nosadella's teacher, Pellegrino Tibaldi (1527–1596). The painting's highly abstract style was appreciated for its beauty, which underscored the mystical subject.