Virgin and Child with a Kneeling Donor, in a Quatrefoil, ca. 1430–35

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Virgin and Child with a Kneeling Donor, in a Quatrefoil, ca. 1430–35, Austrian (Salzburg), Pen and brush and brownish black ink and grayish brown wash on ribbed paper., 10 9/16 x 7 11/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Shown in an elongated Gothic quatrefoil frame, this Madonna and Child is one of the earliest recognized examples of a design for a small painting on glass. The pose of the Christ Child embracing his Mother recalls a particular Byzantine figure type quite commonly found in Austrian and South German paintings and drawings dating to around 1400

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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