# The Holy Family with the Infant Christ Pressing the Wine of the Eucharist

- By: Southern Netherlands
- Date: 1485/1525
- Medium: Linen, wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; slit tapestry weave Warp: Count: 10 warps per cm; linen: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.5 mm. Weft: Count: varies from 28 to 64 wefts per cm; wool: single Z-spun…
- Classification: Coverings and Hangings
- Dimensions: 75.6 × 68.2 cm (29 3/4 × 26 7/8 in.)
- Culture: Belgium
- Credit line: Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/25958)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/3696097a-3f0d-b1ec-0846-5e1d2ef67d9f/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

With its focus on the infant Christ squeezing grapes to make the Eucharistic wine, this small tapestry probably decorated a private oratory. The outer border of flowers and fruit is a later addition and is less finely woven than the holy figures and the inner border of a single pansy and rosebud.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0