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- Title:
Virgin and Child
- Date:
- 1825
- Medium:
- Tempera on panel
- Dimensions:
- 11 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (28.6 x 23.5 cm), Frame: 17 × 14 3/4 inches (43.2 × 37.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in lower right: "Freso | 1825 | BLAKE"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.91
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1977.14.91FR
- Subject Terms:
- child | Christianity | costume | gesture | gold | halos | hands | light | mother | night | religious and mythological subject | stars | suns | tears | woman
- Associated People:
- The Virgin Mary
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE)
Madonna - Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:430
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