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CRANACH, Lucas the Elder: Virgin and Child

🖼 Virgin and Child, c. 1518
Tempera and oil on limewood
41 × 31 cm
Karlsruhe, Germany

Soft golden light bathes the Virgin and Child in intimate tenderness, rendered with Cranach's characteristic delicate brushwork and jewel-toned palette. This devotional image exemplifies Northern Renaissance spirituality, blending Flemish detail with German sensibility to create a work of profound maternal warmth.

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