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RUBENS, Peter Paul: Virgin and Child with the Infant St John

🖼 Virgin and Child with the Infant St John, -
Oil on paper fixed onto canvas
Venice, Italy

Soft, luminous flesh tones glow against rich shadows as the Virgin tenderly cradles Christ, with the young Saint John beside them in intimate Flemish detail. Rubens' dynamic composition and sensual modeling of forms exemplify Counter-Reformation devotional art, blending humanistic warmth with spiritual reverence.

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