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The Christ Child: Intimacy and Innocence in Renaissance Art
Christ Blessing the Children
Gallery 537 · Lucas Cranach the Younger and Workshop · ca. 1545–50 · Met web page
Lucas Cranach the Younger, ca. 1545-50. Christ Blessing the Children depicts the Gospel story where Christ welcomes children, with the inscription 'Suffer the little children to come unto me.'
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Stay in Gallery 537. This painting is displayed nearby, showing a different approach to depicting children in Renaissance art—not as the Christ Child, but as individual figures worthy of Christ's blessing.