Virgin of the Apocalypse Maria apocaliptic, Maria stands on the left leg above the globe on the crescent moon, with his right knee bent forward. The head is turned to the left, the left shoulder recedes to the rear, the left foot enters the snake, the right on the crescent moon, stands a little to the side and turned outwards. On her left hand is the slightly bent Christ child, who sticks out her hands and protects her with the fingertips of the right hand from falling. A slip of the cloth on which the child is sitting lies over the legs and is lifted by Maria's index finger. Maria's divorced hair, which is incorporated into braids during the temples, partially meets at the back of the head in a crook, then falls in waves on the right shoulder and shows a string of beads with a large pearl at the front. Over a thin robe, the sleeves of which end in finely pleated, wider flared cuffs, lies the spacious cloak fluttering backwards to the left, which is turned to the right and is taken over the left arm, making a part of the robe visible again at the feet is becoming. The winding snake under her foot looks up at the child with her mouth open, his upright tail ends in an arrow, Madonna on the crescent of the moon (sometimes called Queen of Heaven) (in mandorla), Mattheus van Beveren, Antwerp, c. 1680 - c. 1690, ivory, h 63.5 cm × h 58 cm × w 20.0 cm × d 17.0 cm
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