The Holy Family di Parte Guelfa

Executed in oil on a round panel, the work employs a restrained palette that highlights the red of the Virgin’s dress against muted surroundings. Subtle chiaroscuro models the figures, giving them a three‑dimensional presence against a dark, indistinct background.

Mentioned by Giorgio Vasari in his *Lives of the Artists*, the painting remained in the Camera della Comunità (also called the Sala delle Udienze) of the Palazzo until it was transferred to the Uffizi on 27 January 1802, after an authorization granted two years earlier.

This piece represents one of Signorelli’s earliest forays into the tondo format for religious subjects, joining a broader Florentine tradition of circular devotional images intended for private or semi‑public spaces.