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The Christ Child: Intimacy and Innocence in Renaissance Art
Virgin and Child
Gallery 953 · Gerard David · 1490–1523 · Met web page
Gerard David's intimate Virgin and Child, ca. 1490-1523. The infant Christ embraces his mother as they touch cheeks in an expression of familial love, likely created for private devotion.
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Move to the adjacent Gallery 953. This small, intimate painting is displayed here, continuing the exploration of how Northern European artists portrayed the Virgin and Child.