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Small religious panels like this were used as an aid to private prayer in people’s homes. Images of the Virgin and Child reminded medieval viewers of the Virgin’s role as mother of God, and also of the Incarnation, by which God became fully human.
Although they are biblical figures the Virgin and Child are shown in a fifteenth-century room, as if they have entered our world. The white cloth around the Child may have continued over the original frame, which is now missing, strengthening the illusion.
Title
The Virgin and Child
Date
about 1465
Medium
Oil with egg tempera on oak
Measurements
H 37.1 x W 27.6 cm
Accession number
NG2595
Acquisition method
Salting Bequest, 1910
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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