Saint Joseph and the Sleeping Christ Child
A bearded man with a halo-less head bends over a sleeping infant lying across his lap, his face tilted down toward the child. Loose pen and brown ink with brush wash, over black chalk, shows soft shading, rapid hatching, and a dark mass of foliage behind the figures.
- Artist
- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- Date
- 1670/75
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on beige wove card
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1980 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1675).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection