Tender Bonds: Children in Renaissance Art

Virgin and Child with a Dragonfly

Gallery 953 · Master of Saint Giles · ca. 1500 · Met web page

The Master of Saint Giles depicts the Virgin and Child with a dragonfly, a symbol of the devil, which the Christ Child holds captive—a reminder of Christ's triumph over Satan.

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Virgin and Child with a Dragonfly by Master of Saint Giles

Return to gallery 953 in the Robert Lehman Collection to view this final work.