Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Brussels, ca. 1540
MS M.696 fol. 65r

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Anna, Virgin Mary and Christ Child -- Anna, nimbed, veiled, seated on bench before draped cloth, with left hand extends fruit (?) toward Virgin Mary, nimbed, seated, holding goldfinch in right hand with nude infant Christ Child, wearing beads around His neck, seated on her lap. Scene in room with arched leaded-glass windows.
Text and miniature enclosed in classicizing architectural frame, with God, holding cross-surmounted globe in curved pediment at top; satyrs (?) flanking textblock; and garlands and heads of cherubs in bottom margin.