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Virgin Nursing the Christ Child_1984.157_web
The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child from Île de France, France dated to c. 1370 is a touching humanisation of the Holy Mary and the baby Christ. Her facial expression on the exquisitely carved and painted limestone statue is one of love but also exhaustion, a feeling all mothers know. According the museum, the statue is a great example of the more emotional depiction of religious imagery is typical for the time period and is considered a reaction to the horrors of the first plague in 1348.
The statue is on view in Special Exhibition Hall - 2 in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Its overall size 111 x 38.5 cm (43 11/16 x 15 3/16 in.). It was a purchase from the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1984.157.
The image is in the public domain. It can be seen on the museum's website clevelandart.org/art/1984.157
Virgin Nursing the Christ Child_1984.157_web
The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child from Île de France, France dated to c. 1370 is a touching humanisation of the Holy Mary and the baby Christ. Her facial expression on the exquisitely carved and painted limestone statue is one of love but also exhaustion, a feeling all mothers know. According the museum, the statue is a great example of the more emotional depiction of religious imagery is typical for the time period and is considered a reaction to the horrors of the first plague in 1348.
The statue is on view in Special Exhibition Hall - 2 in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Its overall size 111 x 38.5 cm (43 11/16 x 15 3/16 in.). It was a purchase from the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1984.157.
The image is in the public domain. It can be seen on the museum's website clevelandart.org/art/1984.157