Madonna and Child with Two Seraphim

1490-1495 (Renaissance)

45.5 cm 65 cm 2.1 cm

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Nestled in the lap of his adoring mother, the Christ Child sucks his finger and looks out at the viewer. In making direct eye contact with the viewer, the Christ Child seems to be inviting the viewer to join his mother in prayer, an appropriate request given the painting’s ori...

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Bernard Berenson [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown [through Berenson]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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