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MASTER of Flémalle: Virgin and Child

🖼 Virgin and Child, c. 1410
Oil on wood
160 × 68 cm
Frankfurt, Germany

Tender intimacy unfolds in rich oil glazes as the Virgin cradles the Christ Child in a domestic interior flooded with golden light. This pioneering Flemish work merges spiritual devotion with bourgeois realism, establishing the Northern Renaissance focus on intimate sacred moments rendered with meticulous detail.

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