Jean de Gourmont. The Virgin Seated on an Altar. 1520–1540. France. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper Here the Virgin and Child—sitting atop a classical altar turned into a Christian throne—preside over an audience of awed shepherds. A luxuriously patterned cloth of honor with tassels softens the rigid architecture, spilling forward down the steps to the rapt audience.

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