Sagrada Familia del pajarito (The Holy Family with a Little Bird)

A young boy, innocently playing with a white puppy, holding a little bird aloft.

His father gently watches over them, having paused his work, while his mother smiles as she spins thread beside them.

What fills the dimly lit carpenter's workshop is a warm and peaceful scene of everyday family life, one that could be found anywhere.

However, the family depicted is not just any family; it is the 'Holy Family' of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and his foster father Joseph.
Around 1650, when this painting was created, Seville, Spain, where the painter Murillo lived, was in the midst of deep sorrow and despair.