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Maria Lactans
The iconography of the Maria Lactans, depicting Mary breastfeeding the infant Jesus, was one of the most popular representations of Mary in Christian art. The sculptor Brioloto approached the theme with a characteristic detachment for his time: the figure of Mary sits rather stiffly on her throne, gazing sternly ahead. Nevertheless, the work also displays a tenderness inherent to the iconography, …
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Creator
- Brioloto de Balneo
- Brioloto
Subject
- Virgin Mary
- Virgin Mary
- Nursing Madonna
Type of item
- sculpting
- Art of sculpture
Date
- 2023-00-00
- 2023
Medium
- pink marble
Creator
- Brioloto de Balneo
- Brioloto
Subject
- Virgin Mary
- Virgin Mary
- Nursing Madonna
Type of item
- sculpting
- Art of sculpture
Date
- 2023-00-00
- 2023
Medium
- pink marble
Providing institution
- M Leuven / Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
- meemoo
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Temporal
- 1200-1230
- 1200/1230
Places
- Leuven
- Löwen
- Leuven
- Belgium
- United Nations
- Leuven
Identifier
- BK009179
- BK009179
Extent
- 735 x 455 x 335 mm
Format
- sculpting
- Art of sculpture
Language
- nl
- nld
Providing country
- Belgium
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2024-02-08T16:39:39.959Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-02-08T16:39:39.959Z