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DAVID, Gerard: Virgin and Child with Four Angels

🖼 Virgin and Child with Four Angels, c. 1505
Oil on wood
63 × 39 cm
New York, United States

Tender intimacy unfolds as the Virgin cradles Christ Child while four angels surround them in luminous gold. David's precise Flemish technique and devotional warmth exemplify early Northern Renaissance spirituality, influencing generations of religious panel paintings.

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E. H. Gombrich
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