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The Infant Jesus of Mechelen (French: l'Enfant Jésus de Malines) is an unadorned 16th-century wooden image depicting the Child Jesus holding a globus cruciger and imparting a blessing. It is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris , as a typical representative of a type of image produced in considerable numbers in 16th-century Mechelen (Malines ...
Offerings to these images are usually toys or candy, a tradition related to offerings made to the dead for the afterlife in pre-Hispanic times. [2] Niño Dios image dressed in Aztec costume. One of the earliest of the Niño Dios images in Mexico is the Niño Cautivo which is in the Metropolitan Cathedral. It was sculpted in the 16th century by ...
The painting was executed by twenty-three-year-old Raphael within months of his 1504–1505 arrival in Florence. [1] [2] The scene represents the figures of the Virgin Mary, the infant Jesus, and an infant John the Baptist shown in a calm grassy meadow, in a pyramidal arrangement linked by their gazes.
The Bambino Gesù di Praga via Arenzano (lit. ' Child Jesus of Prague in Arenzano ') is a Roman Catholic image of the Child Jesus venerated by the Genoese faithful. [1]The image takes its iconography from a painting of Infant Jesus of Prague which was brought by the Carmelite Order who wanted to propagate its devotion in the area.
The Christ Child—also known as Baby Jesus, Infant Jesus, Child Jesus, Divine Child, Divine Infant and the Holy Child—refers to Jesus Christ during his early years. The term refers to a period of Jesus' life , described in the canonical Gospels , encompassing his nativity in Bethlehem , the visit of the Magi , and his presentation at the ...
[n 1] It depicts Saint Anne, her daughter the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. [1] Christ is shown grappling with a sacrificial lamb symbolizing his Passion as the Virgin tries to restrain him. The painting was commissioned as the high altarpiece for the Church of Santissima Annunziata in Florence and its theme had long preoccupied Leonardo.
The Christ Child and the Infant John the Baptist with a Shell; Christ Child Blessing; Christ Child with a Walking Frame; Christ embracing Saint Bernard (Ribalta) Christ Enthroned (Cima da Conegliano) Christ Enthroned (Moskos) Christ Enthroned (Tzanes) Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter (Pittoni) Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter (Rubens)
Bernard receiving milk from the breast of the Virgin Mary. The scene is a legend which allegedly took place at Speyer Cathedral in 1146.. A variant, known as the Lactation of St Bernard (Lactatio Bernardi in Latin, or simply Lactatio) is based on a miracle or vision concerning St Bernard of Clairvaux where the Virgin sprinkled milk on his lips (in some versions he is awake, praying before an ...