Virgin and Child
This Virgin and Child subtly incorporates traditional allusions to the miraculous. Mary's long, loose hair identifies her as a virgin, alluding to the virgin birth. The palatial column evokes her future reign as Queen of Heaven, while the nakedness of the Christ Child, explici...
Drawing
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22581
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drawing
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normalized
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provenance
Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, until 1886; Agnew, London, by purchase; Joseph Ruxton [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Christie's, London, May 21-22, 1898, no. 70; T. J. Blakeslee, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, December 1898, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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language
en
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1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.234_Fnt_TR_T87III.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.234_Fnt_TR_T87III.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.234_Fnt_TR_T87III.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.234 |
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Medium
oil on canvas
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