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BOUTS, Dieric the Elder: Virgin and Child

🖼 Virgin and Child, c. 1465
Wood
37 × 28 cm
London, United Kingdom

Soft light bathes the Virgin's serene face as she gazes downward, her delicate hands framing the Christ Child in intimate detail. This Netherlandish masterpiece exemplifies fifteenth-century devotional intensity, combining meticulous oil technique with profound spiritual tenderness that influenced Northern European religious art.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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