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WEYDEN, Rogier van der: Virgin and Child

🖼 Virgin and Child, c. 1433
Oil on panel
14 × 10 cm
Madrid, Spain

Tender intimacy emerges through delicate brushwork as Mary gazes downward while cradling the Christ Child in soft, glowing light. Van der Weyden's devotional composition revolutionized Northern European religious art, establishing the emotionally intimate Madonna type that dominated the Renaissance.

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