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Post by cierlmeyrin on Oct 31, 2011 22:04:20 GMT -5
The Children Painting Madonna and Child is 8 feet in width and 11 feet in length. It beautifully depicts Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ bearing the infant Jesus. It was painted in tempera and gold on wood panel around the year 1300. Flower PaintingsThe painting was purchased for more than 45 million dollars by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in November2004. The Painting has great historical value as it is amongst the few Doccio individual works of art. Boats Paintings The painting is also sometimes referred to as the Stoclet Madonna after the name of the second recorded owner Adolphe Stoclet. After the death of Stoclet and his wife the painting was inherited by their son Jacques. People Paintings His four daughters became the proud owner of the paintings in 2001. The ownership was transferred from the daughters to Met through a sale. One of the fundamental symbols of Christanity is Madonna and Child. Building Paintings The Christian Church adopted the formula of other of God after some initial argument and opposition. Some of the earliest depiction of Mother and Child can be found in the Eastern Empire. The term Madonna is a medieval synonym for a noble or important woman.
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