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Cleveland Museum of Art106123portraitMartin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491)c. 1475CC0cma sacred-art portraits design-assets ink-paper-impressions objects-with-gravity sacred art design assets ink paper impressions objects with gravity virgin mary jesus child engraving woodcut renaissance religious art portrait italian art monochrome black and white graceful serene detailed classical virgin and appleMartin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491) c. 1475 Germany engraving Print European ReligiousSacred & Devotional Faces in Time The Maker’s Cabinet Ink, Paper & Impressions Objects with Gravity
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Virgin and Child with an Apple by Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491) (c. 1475). Gift of Ralph King Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.224
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This engraving shows the Virgin and Child on a little mound of earth, resembling a sculpture on a pedestal. The apple held by the infant alludes to the Virgin's status in Catholic theology as the "New Eve," who, by birthing the son of God participated in the possibility of the redemption of humankind from the stain of Eve's original sin. This print, alongside the one of Saint Martin (1924.509) and Saint John the Baptist (1924.510), belong to a series of standing holy figures, never completed by Martin Schongauer, and characterized by isolation of the subject against a blank background.
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A meticulously detailed engraving depicts the Virgin Mary holding her infant son, Jesus, in a serene and dignified pose.
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