Virgin and Child, ca. 1525, Oil on wood, Overall 28 3/8 x 21 1/4 in. (72.1 x 54 cm); painted surface 27 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (70.5 x 52.7 cm), Paintings, Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish, Cleve ca. 1485–1540/41 Antwerp) and a collaborator, Two iconographic themes are combined in this splendid painting: the joys of motherhood and the sorrowful premonition of Christ's death. The sleeping infant is traditionally understood as a prefiguration of the dead Christ embraced by the Virgin, known as the Pietà
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Virgin, Child, ca, 1525, Oil, wood, Overall 28 3/8 x 21 1/4, 72.1 54 cm, painted surface 27 3/4 20 3/4, 70.5 52.7, Paintings, Joos van Cleve, Netherlandish, Cleve ca., 1485–1540/41 Antwerp, and a collaborator, Two iconographic, themes, combined, splendid painting, joys, motherhood, sorrowful premonition, Christ, death, sleeping infant, traditionally understood, prefiguration, dead Christ, embraced, Pietà
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