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BALDUNG GRIEN, Hans: St Anne with the Christ Child, the Virgin, and St John the Baptist

🖼 St Anne with the Christ Child, the Virgin, and St John the Baptist, c. 1511
Oil on hardboard transferred from panel
87 × 75 cm
Washington, United States

Soft, luminous figures emerge from shadowed gold background in intimate domestic arrangement. Virgin Mary tenderly holds Christ Child while St Anne and young St John observe, rendered with Baldung Grien's characteristic delicate line. This devotional composition exemplifies Northern Renaissance spirituality while showcasing German Renaissance mastery of light and tender human connection.

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