Friday, September 21, 2012

Madonna and Child

Madonna and Child
By Ambrosius Benson
1495
Oil on canvas in period frame. 65 x 50 cm
Palermo, Italy

That awkward moment when you realize your baby is actually a middle-aged man....

2 comments:

Carl said...

Heh. For what it's worth, here's someone who did a nicer version of that one, about 50 years later. I'd like to find out more about the painting mine obviously copied. but the people in Palermo already sold it.

The Wife of Bath said...

Thank you Carl for posting that link--it certainly is a much nicer version.!