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Madonna nursing the Child with a skull
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Madonna nursing the Child with a skull

1512 - 1590 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Copy after a print by Barthel Beham. Mary as a young mother who gives her child the breast. Two vanitas symbols contrast with this young life: on the table lies a skull and in front of the window with a distant view stands an hourglass.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printhourglass
Credit lineMaria geeft kind de borst en schedel. 1512 - 1590. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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