Virgin and Child, school of Cornelis van Cleve

An image of Virgin and Child. Cleve, Cornelis van (school of, Netherlandish, 1520-1567/after 1570). Oil on panel, height, 27.6 cm, width, 21.6 cm. Flemish School.

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Virgin and Child. Cleve, Cornelis van (school of, Netherlandish, 1520-1567/after 1570). Oil on panel, height, 27.6 cm, width, 21.6 cm. Flemish School.

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Accession Number: M.17
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 783 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 700.25kB

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16th Century Baby Jesus Christ Christ child Christianity Christmas Cornelis van Cleve eating Fitz_PDP Flemish infant Christ infants Jesus Marian Mary mother mother and child Netherlandish Northern Renaissance oil on panel painting panel prefigurative religion religious Renaissance veil Virgin and Child Virgin Mary Xmas

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