Virgin and Child, from a Marianum, She is standing slightly forward with the right knee on the crescent moon, pressing the naked child against her with her left hand and supporting his legs with the right. The child, with his head held high, holds an open book in both hands and has a prayer line around his neck, with a cross hanging on it. Maria carries on her hair, which partially falls forward over the shoulders, a cord wrapped with a pearl necklace. Below a label with rectangular neckline a shirt that is trimmed at the neck with a bullion, the mantle hanging from the shoulders is taken
Virgin and Child, from a Marianum, She is standing slightly forward with the right knee on the crescent moon, pressing the naked child against her with her left hand and supporting his legs with the right. The child, with his head held high, holds an open book in both hands and has a prayer line around his neck, with a cross hanging on it. Maria carries on her hair, which partially falls forward over the shoulders, a cord wrapped with a pearl necklace. Below a label with rectangular neckline a shirt that is trimmed at the neck with a bullion, the mantle hanging from the shoulders is taken under the elbows and turned to the left, Madonna on the crescent of the moon (sometimes called Queen of Heaven) (in mandorla), anonymous, Utrecht, c. 1500 - c. 1520, oak (wood), gilding, h 135 cm × w 40 cm × d 30 cm
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