Virgin and Child Enthroned

ca. 1515-1520 (Early Modern)

56.3 cm 78.3 cm

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Here, Mary is both Queen of Heaven and a modest, pious mother, while Christ's humanity is emphasized by his playfulness. The graceful but conservative treatment of the Virgin reflects none of the new, 16th-century emphasis on celebrating the human body seen in contemporary Ita...

Drawing

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35969
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Julius Böhler, Munich, by purchase; Frédéric Engel-Gros, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Georges Petit, Paris, May 30, 1921, no. 27; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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2
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Renaissance
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