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RUBENS, Peter Paul: Virgin in Adoration before the Christ Child

🖼 Virgin in Adoration before the Christ Child, c. 1615
Oil on panel
65 × 50 cm
Antwerp, Belgium

Soft golden light bathes Mary as she kneels in tender devotion before the infant Christ, rendered with Rubens's characteristic flowing brushwork and warm palette. This intimate Flemish composition exemplifies Counter-Reformation piety, emphasizing emotional connection between mother and child to inspire personal devotion among viewers.

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