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MASTER of Flémalle: Madonna by a Grassy Bank

🖼 Madonna by a Grassy Bank, c. 1425
Oak
39 × 27 cm
Berlin, Germany

Soft light bathes the Virgin nursing Christ against a verdant bank, rendered with jewel-like detail and intimate warmth. This revolutionary domestic scene humanizes sacred narrative, establishing the Flemish devotional format that would dominate Northern European art for generations.

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