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The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640)
Location: Walker Art Gallery
Date: circa 1635
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 180 x 139.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £50,000)
Vendor: Agnew's
Review number: 2007 (1960)
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Provenance:
The Dukes of Devonshire (first recorded as hanging in Devonshire House in 1761).
Description:
The virgin suckles the infant Christ, who sits on her left knee. On the left, St John, introduced by St Elizabeth, kisses Christ's right foot, and lays his right hand on a lamb. Behind the group an arcade reveals a landscape with trees.
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