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Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ beside an open book, with roses, fruit and a forest behind them.

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This painting, titled Virgin and Child, is attributed to Jan Brueghel the Younger and dated 1625. The Virgin, dressed in a red robe, gazes down at a book resting on a patterned rug while the nude infant leans against her shoulder. A climbing rose bush, a basket of peaches and plums, and a wooded landscape frame the scene.

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Date

1625

Medium

Print

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Wikimedia Commons

License

Public domain

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