The Adoration of the Christ Child, Oil on wood, Overall 41 x 28 1/4 in. (104.1 x 71.8 cm); painted surface 41 x 27 5/8 in. (104.1 x 70.2 cm), Paintings, Follower of Jan Joest of Kalkar (Netherlandish, active ca. 1515), The fourteenth-century mystic Saint Bridget of Sweden recounted Christ's birth after experiencing a vision. The 'great and ineffable light' she described as emanating from the Child is the most compelling feature of this picture
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