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BOUTS, Dieric the Elder: Virgin and Child

🖼 Virgin and Child, 1455-60
Oil on wood
29 × 20 cm
Venice, Italy

Soft golden light bathes the Virgin's serene face as she tenderly cradles the Christ Child, rendered with meticulous detail and jewel-like colors. This intimate devotional image exemplifies Northern Renaissance mastery of light and emotion, influencing Flemish religious art for generations.

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