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2. Madonna (art) - Wikipedia

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   They usually show Mary holding the infant Jesus in an informal and maternal manner. These paintings often include symbolic reference to the Passion of Christ. The "Adoring Madonna" is a type popular during the Renaissance. These images, usually small and intended for personal devotion, show Mary kneeling in adoration of the Christ Child.

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4. Madonna della Loggia (Botticelli) - Wikipedia

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   However, Madonna della Loggia can also be viewed as a typical artwork influenced by a religious theme, depicting Virgin Mary holding Jesus in her hands. During the Renaissance, artists often dedicated their paintings and sculptures to Christianity, mainly the image of Jesus Christ. [5]

5. Madonna of the Pomegranate - Wikipedia

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   The Virgin Mary is holding baby Jesus gently in her arms while holding a pomegranate in her left hand. The pomegranate being displayed has a few different interpretations of its meaning in the religious piece. There are many replicas of the Madonna of the Pomegranate made by artists who made copies as part of their artistic training.

6. The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (Leonardo) - Wikipedia

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   [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.

7. Madonna with the Long Neck - Wikipedia

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   The painting depicts the Virgin Mary seated on a high pedestal in luxurious robes, holding a large baby Jesus on her lap. Six angels crowded together on the Madonna's right adore the Christ-child. In the lower right-hand corner of the painting is an enigmatic scene, with a row of marble columns and the emaciated figure of St. Jerome. A ...

8. La Vierge aux anges - Wikipedia

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   Legend has it that he searched for a model for the painting’s figures and found them in his first wife, Nelly Monochablon, who posed for the angels, one by one, and at last, with a child in her arms. The painting shows the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus Christ, who is calmly asleep in a pastoral setting, while a trio of angels hovers ...

9. Hodegetria - Wikipedia

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   Version of the Theotokos of Smolensk by Dionisius (c. 1500) 12th-century plaque found in Torcello Cathedral; a full-length figure like the original in Constantinople. A Hodegetria, [a] or Virgin Hodegetria, is an iconographic depiction of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to him as the source of salvation for humankind.