Triptych (detail)by an unknown German master
1410-40
Tempera on oak, 85,3 x 95 cm
Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne
This painting depicts the holy kinship, which is a gathering of all the relatives of Jesus.
You can tell they are conversing by the banners coming out of their heads. Even the naked, Ken-and-Barbie-crotched babies are chatting. The babies with the halos are Jesus and Saint John the Baptist.
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