Infant Gallery

'The Infant Christ', 15th century, (c1909). Artist: Fra Angelico

'The Infant Christ', 15th century, (c1909). Italian Early Renaissance painter Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro, c1395-1455) was a Dominican friar (his name means 'Angelic friar'), and carried out commissions in Florence, and in Rome for Pope Eugene IV. From Fra Angelico - Masterpieces in Colour, by S. L. Bensusan. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Frederick A. Stokes Co., London & New York, c1909]

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Kongo wooden mother and child carving (phemba), DR Congo, 19th or 20th century. Artist

Kongo wooden mother and child carving (phemba), DR Congo, 19th or 20th century. Carving honouring female reproductive power, an idealised image of women's role, and by implication of the growth and wealth of the kingdom. From the Entwistle Gallery, London.

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'Madonna and Child with Saint Martina and Saint Agnes', 1597-1599. Artist: El Greco

'Madonna and Child with Saint Martina and Saint Agnes', 1597-1599. The painting is part of the Widener Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. From Masterpieces of Painting, edited by Huntington Cairns and John Walker. [National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Random House, New York, N.Y. 1944]

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