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The Christ Child: Intimacy and Innocence in Renaissance Art
Virgin and Child
Gallery 953 · Master of the Female Half-Lengths · ca. 1525–50 · Met web page
Master of the Female Half-Lengths, ca. 1525-50. A tiny, tender image of the Virgin holding her son, produced for the open market and likely functioning as a portable devotional object.
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Stay in Gallery 953. This painting is displayed nearby, showing another variation on the intimate Virgin and Child theme from a slightly later period.