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Description: | The composition of this painting is unusual in its compactness. The artist has succeeded in containing the bust of the Virgin and much of the Christ Child within the borders of the oval frame, leaving little extraneous space. This is partly achieved by omitting aspects of religious iconography such as halos and Mary's blue cloak. Instead, the emphasis is on the loving tenderness between mother and child, enhanced all the more by the figures' touching fingertips. The intimacy of the subject suggests the painting was a private devotional work. Such imagery was popular amid the context of high infant mortality, | Subjects: | religion (Virgin and Child) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Æ Previously attributed to Allori, Alessandro (Italian painter, 1535-1607) Previously attributed to Mengs, Anton Raphael (German painter and critic, 1728-1779) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8607... | Go to resource |
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