Spanish school; 17th century. "Holy Family with Saint Juanito". Oil on canvas. It presents restorations on the pictorial surface. It has xylophagous remains on the stretcher and extension on the canvas. Measurements: 78,5 x 58,5 cm; 99,5 x 80 cm (frame). In this work the artist has carried out the representation of the Holy Family, following the sweet and naturalistic ways typical of the Italian school. We see Mary and the Child in the centre of the composition, and next to them an old St. Joseph, who contemplates the Virgin, inserted in the scene that develops between the Virgin and the Child. The family is located in a neutral interior, which is emphasised by certain brighter tones that give a sense of spaciousness. It is necessary to emphasise the naturalness of the scene, as the Child is playing with the Cross held by the Virgin, while he tenderly pays attention to Saint John, who is situated in the lower right-hand corner of the composition. This close attitude is used by the artist to inspire and indoctrinate the viewer, thus making him empathise with religion through a scene of a gentle nature. In the most common sense of the expression, the Holy Family includes the closest relatives of the Child Jesus, i.e. mother and grandmother or mother and nurturing father. In both cases, whether it is Saint Anne or Saint Joseph who appears, it is a group of three figures. From an artistic point of view, the arrangement of this terrestrial Trinity poses the same problems and suggests the same solutions as the heavenly Trinity. However, the difficulties are fewer. It is no longer a question of a single God in three persons, whose essential unity must be expressed at the same time as his diversity. The three personages are united by a blood link, certainly, but they do not constitute an indivisible block. Moreover, all three are represented in human form, while the dove of the Holy Spirit introduces a zoomorphic element into the divine Trinity that is difficult to combine with two anthropomorphic figures. On the other hand, this iconography was traditionally, until the Counter-Reformation, a representation of the Virgin and Child with the figure of Saint Joseph in the foreground. It was not until the reforms of Trent that Saint Joseph began to take centre stage as the protector and guide of the Infant Jesus.