Tag: Saint Joseph
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10 Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible! 15 – 19th Century. With Footnote, # 14
Netherlandish, Malines, circa 1600 THE DESCENT INTO HELL Partially gilt alabaster relief 20 x 15 cm, 7 3/4 by 6 in Private collection Mechelen (French: Malines) is one of Flanders’ prominent cities of historical art, with Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, and Leuven. It was notably a centre for artistic production during the Northern Renaissance, when painters,…
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10 Ivory Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible! 15 & 16th Century. With Footnote, # 13
Maria lactans, c. mid-15th century, France Ivory Height: 17 cm Private collection The Nursing Madonna, Virgo Lactans, or Madonna Lactans, is an iconography of the Madonna and Child in which the Virgin Mary is shown breastfeeding the infant Jesus. The depiction is mentioned by Pope Gregory the Great, and a mosaic depiction probably of the 12th century…