Saturday, January 3, 2009

Adoration of the Child

Adoration of the Child
by Master of the Polling Panels
1444
Panel
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

A seriously fugly Mary adores her chesty, beady-eyed child surrounded by miniature angels in this landscape painting. Behind the manger rendered with the artist's dubious idea of perspective, Joseph repairs a fence. To the rear of Joseph, an angel announces the birth of Christ to shephards tending their sheep beside a castle.

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