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mother of Jesus
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The story behind Madonna with the Long Neck
With a name like Madonna with the Long Neck, it's no surprise that this...
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Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child, tempera on poplar panel by Fra Filippo Lippi, c. 1440;...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Samuel H. Kress Collection, accession no. 1939.1.290
Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child, also called the Poligny Virgin, limestone, polychromy, and gilding,...
Photograph by AlkaliSoaps. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Rogers Fund, 1933 (33.23)
Antonello da Messina: The Virgin Mary Reading
The Virgin Mary Reading, tempera and oil on wood panel by Antonello da Messina,...
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911; 37.433)
Virgin and Child
Wooden statue of the Virgin and Child, supposedly carved by St. Luke; in the Benedictine...
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“The Virgin of the Rosary”
La Vierge du Rosaire (“The Virgin of the Rosary”), Paris, c. 1490; the image on the...
The Newberry Library, Wing Fund, with the assistance of the Florence Gould Foundation, 1990 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Anthony van Dyck: Madonna of the Rosary
Madonna of the Rosary, oil on canvas by Anthony van Dyck, 1624–27; at the...
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Chartres Cathedral: “Beautiful Window”
The so-called “Beautiful Window,” stained glass depicting the Virgin Mary on her...
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Christian mosaic
Virgin Mary (centre), Justinian I (left), holding a model of Hagia Sophia, and Constantine...
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Immaculate Heart of Mary
Detail of a statue of the Virgin Mary on which she is pointing to her Immaculate...
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“Annunciation,” gold leaf and tempera on wood panel by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1344;...
SCALA/Art Resource, New York
Assumption of the Virgin
Assumption of the Virgin, by Titian, 1516–18; in Santa Maria dei Frari,...
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Birth of the Virgin, panel by Pietro Lorenzetti, 1342; in the Museo dell'Opera...
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El Greco: Pentecost
Pentecost, oil on canvas by El Greco, c. 1600; in the Prado, Madrid. This...
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The Annunciation, painting by Orazio Gentileschi, 1623; in the Galleria...
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The Holy Family, oil on panel transferred to hardboard, by Giorgione, c....
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Samuel H. Kress Collection
Hagia Sophia: panel
Panel depicting the Virgin and Child with the emperor John II Comnenus and the empress...
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