These two oil paintings are displayed near the window of the Betis Church refectory. They are believed to have been painted by Simon Flores in the late 19th Century, almost the same period when he painted the celebrated portrait of the Quiazons (Now in Metropolitan Museum of Manila under the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas Collections) of San Fernando Pampanga.

Although the claims are not yet proven as fact, some experts believe that they are not actually painted by Flores, but rather, they were done by the School of Simon Flores or an apprentice familiar with the Master’s style.

In addition, careful comparisons between the two paintings suggest that they were done by the same person. Although the painting on the right side which has an S.F.Y.R signature has subtle, more delicate and smoother brush strokes as compare with the painting on the left side which has a more rugged and “bravura” brush strokes, they were applied with the same technique and style. The difference in texture may have been a result of a restoration procedure done in the past to the painting on the left.

The two paintings has the same subject matter which is “The Holy Family”.