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Round painting of the Virgin and Child with a young John the Baptist and an older veiled saint holding a lily, against gold.

Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and Saint Clara

A round panel shows the Virgin in a dark mantle and golden dress, holding the nude Christ Child on her lap while a curly-haired young John the Baptist reaches toward him. An older woman in a white wimple and black veil, with a lily beside her, stands behind them against a gold background.

Artist
anoniem
Date
1520
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3476 × 3532 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1520.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Saints and Martyrs16th centuryrenaissancereligious artoil paintingdutch paintingvirgin and childjohn the baptistgolden background

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