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The Madonna of humility by Domenico di Bartolo 1433 has been described as one of the most innovative devotional images from the early Renaissance [35]. Catholic Marian art has expressed a wide range of theological topics that relate to Mary, often in ways that are far from obvious, and whose meaning can only be recovered by detailed scholarly analysis.
The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgins by Master of the Virgo inter Virgines; Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist (Botticelli) Virgin and Child with a Rosary by Artemisia Gentileschi; Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, a subject in Christian art showing Saint Anne with her daughter, the Virgin Mary, and her grandson Jesus
Depictions of the Virgin Mary in art. Individual paintings should be in the sub-category, unless they are on an iconic type of image, or the original example of such a type. Subcategories
The Virgin and Child with a Cat is an etching made in 1654 by the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669). The Victoria and Albert Museum has in its collection one of the earliest impressions of this etching and the actual copper plate from which the image is taken. The original copper plate, in the Victoria and Albert Museum
In a fully illuminated Book of hours it was normal to include pages illustrating all four of the Nativity, the Announcement to the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Magi and the Flight into Egypt (and/or the Massacre of the Innocents) as part of the eight images in the sequence of the Hours of the Virgin. [25] Nativity images became increasing ...
Several venerated images of Jesus Christ and Saint Joseph have also been granted a pontifical coronation. [ a ] The pontifical decree of canonical coronation Qui Semper granted for the "Virgin of Hope of Triana" in Spain , legally imposing the venerated Marian image the Pontifical right to wear a crown by Pope John Paul II on 7 April 1983.
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The depiction of the Virgin Mary with her hands upraised in prayer ("orans") is of very ancient origin in Christian art.In the mausoleum of St Agnes in Rome is a depiction dating to the 4th century which depicts the Theotokos with hands raised in prayer and the infant Jesus sitting upon her knees.