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WEYDEN, Rogier van der: Virgin and Child (Durán Madonna)

🖼 Virgin and Child (Durán Madonna), c. 1440
Oil on panel
100 × 52 cm
Madrid, Spain

Tender intimacy emerges through delicate brushwork as the Virgin gazes downward while cradling the Christ Child against rich crimson fabric. Van der Weyden's devotional masterpiece epitomizes Flemish precision and spiritual warmth, establishing the emotional prototype for Northern Renaissance Madonna imagery.

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