Sunday, October 26, 2008

Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child
by the Master of the St. Bartholomew Altar
1510s
Panel, 30 x 20,3 cm
Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne

This is one amazing squishy Jesus! His body is rather unfortunately like a spider. Mary is not much to look at either--what's up with the breast coming right out from under the collar bone? Her fingers are quite long and resemble Jesus's limbs.

Look closely for the walnut on the table beneath Mary and Jesus.

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