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Description: | The thin, naked form of the Christ Child lies on the dark blue cloak of the Virgin who kneels in adoration. The composition is based on a vision of St. Bridget of Sweden, When all was ready she bent her knees and began to pray. While she was thus praying with hands raised the child was suddenly born, surrounded by a light so bright that it completely eclipsed Joseph's feeble candle. The fifteenth century Flemish town glimpsed through the window of the stable is a device calculated to give meaning and immediacy to the story of Christ's birth. | Subjects: | religion (Nativity; Luke 2) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Master of the Prado Adoration of the Magi (Netherlandish painter, active ca. 1470-1480) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Memling, Hans (early Netherlandish painter, ca.1433-1494) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9162... | Go to resource |
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