Madonna and Child
This small yet sumptuous panel of the Madonna and Child is rich in symbolism. The Christ Child holds a sheaf of wheat, symbolic of the Eucharistic bread eaten during the Catholic mass, which is in turn symbolic of Christ’s body. Delicately incised into the gold leaf background...
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19262
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drawing
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normalized
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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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CC0
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en
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2
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_37.513_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_37.513_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_37.513_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.513 |
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