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| Hendrik Goltzius Holy Family 16th century engraving Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Baldassare Peruzzi Holy Family 1531 drawing Getty |
A mother came to mould
Those limbs like ours which are
What must make our daystar
Much dearer to mankind;
Whose glory bare would blind
Or less would win man's mind.
Through her we may see him
Made sweeter, not made dim,
And her hand leaves his light
Sifted to suit our sight.
– Gerard Manley Hopkins, from The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe (1880s)
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| Cesare da Sesto Holy Family with Angel 16th century drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Francesco Morandini Study of Madonna & Child with Angels 16th century drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Francesco Salviati Madonna & Child with St Anne & St John the Baptist ca. 1550 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Alonso Cano Madonna & Child 17th century drawing Prado |
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| Spanish artist Madonna & Child Adored by Two Bishops ca. 1680 Getty |
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| Giambattista Tiepolo Madonna & Child with St Sebastian, St Francis & Angels 18th century Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Jacopo da Pontormo Madonna & Child with Saints ca. 1514-22 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Nosadella Adoration of the Magi 16th century drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Fra Bartolommeo Adoration of the Magi 15th century drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Marcantonio Raimondi after Raphael Madonna & Child Reading 16th century engraving Victoria & Albert Museum |