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Baroque painting of a kneeling nun receiving a gold chain from the Virgin, with angels and the Holy Trinity above.

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St Theresa receiving a gold chain and a mantle embroidered with gold from the Virgin, Gaspar de Crayer (1639), Kunsthistorisches Museum. Via artnap.com

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This Baroque painting shows a kneeling nun in a white habit receiving a gold chain from the Virgin Mary, who stands beside a bearded man in a grey mantle. Angels and cherubs surround the scene, while three haloed figures of the Holy Trinity appear in the clouds at the top of the arched composition. The work is by Gaspar de Crayer and dates from 1639, held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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