Spanish or Novo-Hispanic school; late 17th - early 18th century."Holy Family".Oil on copper.It has a coat of arms on the back.It presents restorations.Measurements: 10,5 x 8,5 cm.In this work the author presents us the kind representation of the Holy Family, quality that he achieves through the gestures and the postures of the protagonists, whose relations are highly close and intimate, as well as in the chromatic palette that he uses which is based on pastel colours such as pink and blue, which were common in the painting of the 18th century. Aesthetically, the work is reminiscent of aesthetic patterns that occurred in Spanish America and in the artistic relations between Spain and the New Continent. It is worth mentioning that, during Spanish colonial rule, a mainly religious painting was developed, aimed at Christianising the indigenous peoples. Local painters were modelled on Spanish works, which they followed literally in terms of type and iconography. 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.