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  • Mare de Deu dels Consellers, or Virgin of the Councillors, detail, 1445, oil painting on wood by Lluis Dalmau, 1428-61, in Gothic style, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The Virgin has loose hair and a blue cloak fastened with a jewel and the Christ child is partly covered with a veil. The painting depicts a life-size Virgin and Child seated on a Gothic throne, flanked by St Andrew and St Eulalia (patron saint of Barcelona) with their martyrdom attributes and the 5 councillors of the city of Barcelona who commissioned the altarpiece (Joan Llull, Francesc Llobet, Joan Junyent, Ramon Savall and Antoni de Vilatorta). This altarpiece originally came from the Capella de la Casa de la Ciutat, Barcelona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and Child with a bunch of grapes, painting, c. 1520, oil on wood, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1472-1553, in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Icon of St Mary Heleusa, Virgin and Child, 16th century, from the Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, now housed in the National Onufri Museum in the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary inside Berat Castle or Kalaja e Beratit, in Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. The cathedral was built in 1797 on the foundations of an older church and its museum is named after Onufri or Onouphrios of Neokastro, Albania's famous 16th century icon painter. The museum comprises the main nave, the altar area, and several rooms in the North and West of the church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna and Child, 13th century, incomplete sculpture, stone, Eglise St Germain des Pres, Paris, France. The statue was discovered in 1999 during excavations at Place de Furstenberg and found broken into three pieces. Founded as an Abbey in 542 the building was destroyed several times by the Normans and reconsecrated in 1163 by Pope Alexander III. Only the church survived the Abbey's destruction during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child with angels and worshippers, fresco painted 1341-47, by Puccio Capanna, originally in the  Oratory of St Rufinuccio Fraternity and detached in 1955 (the sinopia still remain), now in the Confraternity Room of the Assisi Diocesan Museum, or Museo Diocesano e Cripta di San Rufino, Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The museum was founded in 1941 by bishop Giuseppe Placido Niccolini under the Cathedral Piazza to preserve works of art from Assisi's collections. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child with angels and worshippers, detail, fresco painted 1341-47, by Puccio Capanna, originally in the Oratory of St Rufinuccio Fraternity and detached in 1955 (the sinopia still remain), now in the Confraternity Room of the Assisi Diocesan Museum, or Museo Diocesano e Cripta di San Rufino, Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The museum was founded in 1941 by bishop Giuseppe Placido Niccolini under the Cathedral Piazza to preserve works of art from Assisi's collections. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation del Nino en el Templo, or Presentation of the Child in the Temple, detail, oil painting, by Juan de Borgona, 1470-1534, in the Museo Diocesano Cuenca or Cathedral Treasury Museum, in the Episcopal Palace, Cuenca, Spain. The historic walled town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a painting of the Virgin Mary with Christ child, in Le Havre Cathedral, or Cathedrale Notre-Dame du Havre, built in the 16th and 17th centuries and made cathedral in 1974, on the Rue de Paris in Le Havre, Normandy, France. This is one of the few buildings in the town to survive the bombings during the Second World War, although it did sustain heavy damage. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton of a child, aged 7-8, discovered in 2018 in the public baths of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The child was killed by asphyxiation during the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD and probably took refuge in the baths. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton of a child, aged 7-8, discovered in 2018 in the public baths of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The child was killed by asphyxiation during the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD and probably took refuge in the baths. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton of a child, aged 7-8, discovered in 2018 in the public baths of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The child was killed by asphyxiation during the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD and probably took refuge in the baths. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skull of a child, aged 7-8, discovered in 2018 in the public baths of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The child was killed by asphyxiation during the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD and probably took refuge in the baths. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, with the Christ child holding a dove, sculpture in polychrome wood, 15th century, on a column in the choir of the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child statue, c. 1340-50, French, in the Early Gothic Hall of The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child statue, c. 1340-50, French, in the Early Gothic Hall of The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ child with an apple, sculpture in painted wood, c. 1470–80, by workshop of Michel Erhart, in the Late Gothic Hall in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carving with quatrefoil niche housing high relief of the Virgin and child, in the hall housing the staircase of honour, in Citeco, Musee de l’Economie, a new interactive museum on the economy, opened June 2019, in the Hotel Gaillard, on the Place du General Catroux, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Hotel Gaillard was built 1878-82 by architect Jules Fevrier in Neo Renaissance style for the banker Emile Gaillard, and later became a branch of the Banque de France. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, fresco painted c. 1468, by Matteo da Gualdo (Gualdo Tadino), c. 1430-1507, originally from the Confraternita del SS Sacramento where it probably decorated a tabernacle or niche along with side splays depicting saints, now in the Confraternity Room of the Assisi Diocesan Museum, or Museo Diocesano e Cripta di San Rufino, Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The museum was founded in 1941 by bishop Giuseppe Placido Niccolini under the Cathedral Piazza to preserve works of art from Assisi's collections. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, fresco, detail, 15th century, in the small church built by St Bernardino of Siena in the early 15th century, at the Eremo delle Carceri, a hermitage site in a gorge on Monte Subasio 4km from Assisi, Umbria, Italy. St Francis visited here for prayer and it developed from an original 12th century oratory to a site with hermit caves, a small friary and church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden statue of Virgin and child with baby Jesus holding a fruit, in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Papeete, or Cathedrale Notre Dame de Papeete, planned in 1844 and built in colonial Gothic style 1856-75, on the Rue du General de Gaulle in Papeete, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. In 1968, Mayor Michel Buillard and Monsignor Hubert Coppenrath inaugurated new stained glass windows, baptismal fonts and frescoes for the cathedral. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden statue of Virgin and child with baby Jesus holding a fruit, in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Papeete, or Cathedrale Notre Dame de Papeete, planned in 1844 and built in colonial Gothic style 1856-75, on the Rue du General de Gaulle in Papeete, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. In 1968, Mayor Michel Buillard and Monsignor Hubert Coppenrath inaugurated new stained glass windows, baptismal fonts and frescoes for the cathedral. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting of the Virgin breastfeeding the Christ child, on the wooden armorial plaques in the Sacristy, in Cuenca Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace and Saint Julian, built 1182-1270 in Gothic style, Cuenca, Spain. The historic walled town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting of the Virgin breastfeeding the Christ child, detail, on the wooden armorial plaques in the Sacristy, in Cuenca Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace and Saint Julian, built 1182-1270 in Gothic style, Cuenca, Spain. The historic walled town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgen del Carmen with the Christ child, painting by Vicente Lopez, 1772-1850, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin Mary holding a lighthouse and the Christ child, above the altar in the Royal Chapel, on the second floor of the Phare de Cordouan or Cordouan Lighthouse, built 1584-1611 in Renaissance style by Louis de Foix, 1530-1604, French architect, located 7km at sea, near the mouth of the Gironde estuary, Aquitaine, France. This is the oldest lighthouse in France. There are 4 storeys, with keeper apartments and an entrance hall, King's apartments, chapel, secondary lantern and the lantern at the top at 68m. Parabolic lamps and lenses were added in the 18th and 19th centuries. The lighthouse is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of the Virgin and child enthroned, badly damaged, 1578, by Nikolla Onufri, son of Onufri, in the 13th century Church of St Mary of Blachernae or Kisha e Shen Meri Vllahernes inside Berat Castle or Kalaja e Beratit, in Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, detail, fresco painted c. 1468, by Matteo da Gualdo (Gualdo Tadino), c. 1430-1507, originally from the Confraternita del SS Sacramento where it probably decorated a tabernacle or niche along with side splays depicting saints, now in the Confraternity Room of the Assisi Diocesan Museum, or Museo Diocesano e Cripta di San Rufino, Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The museum was founded in 1941 by bishop Giuseppe Placido Niccolini under the Cathedral Piazza to preserve works of art from Assisi's collections. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, detail, painting, 1475, by Matteo da Gualdo (Gualdo Tadino), c. 1430-1507, from the artist's second production phase, originally from the Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie, now in the Confraternity Room of the Assisi Diocesan Museum, or Museo Diocesano e Cripta di San Rufino, Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The museum was founded in 1941 by bishop Giuseppe Placido Niccolini under the Cathedral Piazza to preserve works of art from Assisi's collections. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child statue, north altarpiece, c. 1560, by Alonso Berruguete, 1490-1561, in Spanish Renaissance style, at the Sacra Capilla del Salvador, or Sacred Chapel of the Saviour, designed by Diego de Siloe and Andres de Vandelvira and built for Francisco de los Cobos in 1536 in Spanish Renaissance style and consecrated in 1559, on the Plaza Vazquez de Molina, in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child statue, north altarpiece, c. 1560, by Alonso Berruguete, 1490-1561, in Spanish Renaissance style, at the Sacra Capilla del Salvador, or Sacred Chapel of the Saviour, designed by Diego de Siloe and Andres de Vandelvira and built for Francisco de los Cobos in 1536 in Spanish Renaissance style and consecrated in 1559, on the Plaza Vazquez de Molina, in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Polychrome statue of the Virgin and child, used by St Agnes of Jesus for processions in the monastery, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, founded 1623 by St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, in Langeac, Haute Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin Mary holding Christ child on a starry globe with clouds and a serpent, from the Immaculate Conception altarpiece, 1742, by Francois Ladatte, 1706-87, Chapelle du Saint-Sacrement or Chapel of the Holy Sacrament, Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The cathedral was built 1211-75 in French Gothic style with work continuing into the 14th century, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin and child by Charles Hoyau, 17th century, in the Chapelle Saint Pierre or St Peter's Chapel in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of the Virgin and child flanked by angels and with Christ's face on the shroud above, after restoration, on the wall of the portico of the Dormition of Saint Mary Cathedral Church, or Kisha Katedrale Fjetja e Shen Marise, built 1699, Voskopoje, Korce, Albania. The church contains frescoes by Theodor Anagnost and Sterian from Agrapha in Greece, and the large icons in the iconostasis were painted 1703 by Constantine Lemoronachos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child stained glass window, by Romain Buron of Gisors, 1530, restored c. 1950, in the Collegiate Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, built 12th to 16th centuries in Gothic and Renaissance styles, in Gisors, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. The church was consecrated in 1119 by Calixtus II but the nave was rebuilt from 1160 after a fire. The church was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child statue, and beacon at entrance to the harbour, at Port-Vendres, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Port-Vendres is a fishing port with a deep water harbour on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, polychrome statue in the Duomo or cathedral of Taormina, 18th century, in Taormina, Messina, Sicily, Italy. The church was originally built in the 13th century, then rebuilt in the 15th, 16th and 18th centuries. Taormina is a popular tourist destination on the Calabrian coast of Sicily, and also has the ruins of an ancient Greek settlement. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin Mary breastfeeding the Christ child, sculpture, 15th century, in the Abbaye de Mortemer, a Cistercian monastery originally built in 1134 and rebuilt in the 17th century, in the Forest of Lyons, Eure, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cherub and Virgin and child statue, north altarpiece, c. 1560, by Alonso Berruguete, 1490-1561, in Spanish Renaissance style, at the Sacra Capilla del Salvador, or Sacred Chapel of the Saviour, designed by Diego de Siloe and Andres de Vandelvira and built for Francisco de los Cobos in 1536 in Spanish Renaissance style and consecrated in 1559, on the Plaza Vazquez de Molina, in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child sculpture from the Baroque altarpiece from the Basilica de San Juan de la Cruz, made by monks as well as craftsmen, in Room 2 of the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sketch of a child playing with a spider, from Series 24 Arachnea, from a sketchbook used for developing characters, used since 2000, by Grzegorz Rosinski, 1941-, Polish comic book artist. Rosinski was born in Stalowa Wola, Poland, and now lives in Switzerland, and is the author and designer of many Polish comic book series. He created Thorgal with Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme. The series was first published in Tintin in 1977 and has been published by Le Lombard since 1980. The stories cover Norse mythology, Atlantean fantasy, science fiction, horror and adventure genres. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Further clearances requested, please contact us and/or visit www.lelombard.com
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  • Virgin and child with Saints, painting, 1760-1800, by Pedro Alexandrino de Carvalho, 1729-1810, in the Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, Coimbra, Portugal. The museum was opened in 1913 and renovated 2004-2012. The city of Coimbra dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and Child, detail, tondo painting, 1505-10, by Adriaen Isenbrant, 1490-1551, painted for Bishop Jorge de Almeida and his Paso Episcopal de Coimbra, now the Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, Coimbra, Portugal. The museum was opened in 1913 and renovated 2004-2012. The city of Coimbra dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and Child, tondo painting, 1505-10, by Adriaen Isenbrant, 1490-1551, painted for Bishop Jorge de Almeida and his Paso Episcopal de Coimbra, now the Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, Coimbra, Portugal. The museum was opened in 1913 and renovated 2004-2012. The city of Coimbra dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman child's carbatina boot made from a single piece of leather, with studded sole and delicately tooled upper, probably owned by one of the prefect Flavius Cereal's children, thrown away into the ditches surrounding the fort at Vindolanda, in the Vindolanda Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Over 4000 pieces of footwear have been excavated here. The fort ditches were used as a rubbish dump, where the soft black ditch silt covered by water created a perfect environment for preservation. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Vindolanda Museum is run by the Vindolanda Charitable Trust and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Polychrome statue of the Virgin and child, used by St Agnes of Jesus for processions in the monastery, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, founded 1623 by St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, in Langeac, Haute Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin Mary holding Christ child on a starry globe with clouds and a serpent, from the Immaculate Conception altarpiece, 1742, by Francois Ladatte, 1706-87, Chapelle du Saint-Sacrement or Chapel of the Holy Sacrament, Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The cathedral was built 1211-75 in French Gothic style with work continuing into the 14th century, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin and child, and behind, painted statue of St Cecilia playing a portable organ, by Charles Hoyau, commissioned 1633 by canon Bernardin Le Rouge, for an altar to be placed under the grand organ in honour of a musical competition, and moved here in 1974, in the Chapelle Saint Pierre or St Peter's Chapel in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The statue was repainted in the 19th century and restored 1997-2002 by Brigitte Esteve and Pierre Gicquel. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin and child under a Gothic arch on the Tour de Beurre or Butter Tower, built 1485-1506, at Rouen Cathedral or the Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Rouen, built 12th century in Gothic style, with work continuing through the 13th and 14th centuries, Rouen, Normandy, France. The tower is named for its funding by donations from wealthy citizens in return for the privilege of eating butter during Lent. It is of square plan on 4 levels with an octagonal upper section. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of Virgin and child which has been restored, on the wall of the portico of the Dormition of Saint Mary Cathedral Church, or Kisha Katedrale Fjetja e Shen Marise, built 1699, Voskopoje, Korce, Albania. The church contains frescoes by Theodor Anagnost and Sterian from Agrapha in Greece, and the large icons in the iconostasis were painted 1703 by Constantine Lemoronachos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, portal of the Virgin Mary, Baroque style, Cartoixa d'Escaladei (Carthusian Monastery of Santa Maria d'Escaladei), 1194, Escaladei, at the foot of the Montsant range, Priorat, Tarragona, Spain. Cartoixa d'Escaladei was the first Carthusian monastery in the Iberian peninsula. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child enthroned, detail from the High Altar, made 1610 in Italian Renaissance style, donated by Marie de Medici, wife of Henri IV, on the birth of Louis XIII, in the Basilica of Liesse Notre Dame, built 1134 in Flamboyant Gothic style by the Chevaliers d'Eppes, then rebuilt in 1384 and enlarged in 1480 and again in the 19th century, Liesse-Notre-Dame, Laon, Picardy, France. Pilgrims flock here to worship the Black Virgin, based on Ismeria, the Soudanese daughter of the sultan of Cairo El-Afdhal, who saved the lives of French knights during the Crusades, converted to christianity and married Robert d'Eppes, son of Guillaume II of France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child enthroned, detail from the High Altar, made 1610 in Italian Renaissance style, donated by Marie de Medici, wife of Henri IV, on the birth of Louis XIII, in the Basilica of Liesse Notre Dame, built 1134 in Flamboyant Gothic style by the Chevaliers d'Eppes, then rebuilt in 1384 and enlarged in 1480 and again in the 19th century, Liesse-Notre-Dame, Laon, Picardy, France. Pilgrims flock here to worship the Black Virgin, based on Ismeria, the Soudanese daughter of the sultan of Cairo El-Afdhal, who saved the lives of French knights during the Crusades, converted to christianity and married Robert d'Eppes, son of Guillaume II of France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child enthroned, detail from the High Altar, made 1610 in Italian Renaissance style, donated by Marie de Medici, wife of Henri IV, on the birth of Louis XIII, in the Basilica of Liesse Notre Dame, built 1134 in Flamboyant Gothic style by the Chevaliers d'Eppes, then rebuilt in 1384 and enlarged in 1480 and again in the 19th century, Liesse-Notre-Dame, Laon, Picardy, France. Pilgrims flock here to worship the Black Virgin, based on Ismeria, the Soudanese daughter of the sultan of Cairo El-Afdhal, who saved the lives of French knights during the Crusades, converted to christianity and married Robert d'Eppes, son of Guillaume II of France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin holding the Christ child and a scapular, symbol of protection, on the early 18th century altarpiece originally from the Church of Grands-Carmes in Perpignan, in the Chapel of Our Lady of Mont Carmel in Perpignan Cathedral, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist of Perpignan, or Basilique-Cathedrale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan was begun in 1324 by King Sancho of Majorca in Catalan Gothic style, and later finished in the 15th century. The cathedral is listed as a national monument of France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 12th century Virgin with Child statue, absidal chapel of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 12th century Virgin with Child statue, absidal chapel of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 12th century Virgin with Child statue, absidal chapel of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 12th century Virgin with Child statue, absidal chapel of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sgraffito ceiling, and high relief sculpture by Eusebi Arnau, 1864-1933, with a nursemaid feeding a child, from a representation of the popular song, The Nurse of the Child-King, at the entrance to the main apartment in the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. This sculptural work was commissioned by Albert Lleo i Morera, in memory of a dead child. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The apostle tells the wife of the proconsul to resurrect a child who has been killed by a snake, in the name of God. The parents are full of thanks. God sends beams of light from heaven on to the child. Section of the resurrection of a child, from the Life of St Andrew stained glass window, 1210-25, in the Apostles chapel in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window has been altered many times, significantly in 1872 but also previously. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin of Boixadors, 1350-70, Gothic polychrome alabaster Virgin and child statue from Boixadors, Anoia, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. The sculpted figures appear relaxed with the Virgin touching Christ's foot and the child touching Mary's head, symbolic of her coronation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna enthroned with Child, detail, fresco by Bernardino da Civiglio, c. 1336, altarpiece, in the Sanctuary of Santa Liberata in Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The painting is also known as Madonna in trono tra i santi Leonardo e Giovanni Battista, or Madonna del latte, as the Virgin is breastfeeding the Christ child. The sanctuary was built in 1336 and is dedicated to Santa Liberata, patron saint of the town, in thanks for its liberation from the troops of Mastino della Scala. It houses a fresco of Santa Liberata, around whom a cult grew. The sanctuary was remodelled 1665-1798. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna enthroned with Child, fresco by Bernardino da Civiglio, c. 1336, altarpiece, in the Sanctuary of Santa Liberata in Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The painting is also known as Madonna in trono tra i santi Leonardo e Giovanni Battista, or Madonna del latte, as the Virgin is breastfeeding the Christ child. The sanctuary was built in 1336 and is dedicated to Santa Liberata, patron saint of the town, in thanks for its liberation from the troops of Mastino della Scala. It houses a fresco of Santa Liberata, around whom a cult grew. The sanctuary was remodelled 1665-1798. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, detail from the Pala de San Marco, or San Marco Altarpiece, tempera painting on wood, c. 1440, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the Virgin and Child enthroned under an architraved frame, with angels and saints, including St Lawrence, St. John the Evangelist, St Mark, St Dominic, St Francis of Assisi, St Peter Martyr, St Cosmas and St Damian. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel, with Virgin and child painting by Andrea Mantegna, 1431-1506, and the Altarpiece of the Most Precious Blood, Madonna and Child with Saints John the Evangelist and Andrew of Padua, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It is now a museum, the Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, or Museum of Hunting and Territory, and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel, with Virgin and child painting by Andrea Mantegna, 1431-1506, and the Altarpiece of the Most Precious Blood, Madonna and Child with Saints John the Evangelist and Andrew of Padua, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It is now a museum, the Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, or Museum of Hunting and Territory, and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Burg Weiler Altar Triptych, Altarpiece with Virgin and Child and Saints, detail, central panel, c. 1470, by the Master of the Burg Weiler Altarpiece, German, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. This section depicts the Virgin and child surrounded by (left-right) St Apollonia, St Barbara, St Catherine and St Lawrence, with angels overhead crowning her. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of the Christ child, from the Pitti Tondo, 1503-4, detail, marble Renaissance bas-relief of the Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist by Michelangelo, 1475-1564, in the lower sculpture room of the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The Bargello was originally a 13th century barracks and prison and opened as a museum in 1865. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maesta, detail of Virgin and child enthroned, 1315, Gothic fresco by Simone Martini, 1284-1344, covering the North wall of the Sala del Mappamondo, or Sala del Consiglio, in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The fresco was commissioned to represent good and just government, and depicts the Virgin and child surrounded by saints, angels and apostles, covered with a canopy of red silk. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a painting of Madonna and child surrounded by angels, or Madonna lactans, by Jean Fouquet, 1420-81, painted 1453-55, with Agnes Sorel dressed in the latest fashion posing as the Virgin about to breastfeed the Christ child, in the royal lodge of the Chateau de Loches, a medieval castle in the Loire Valley consisting of the old collegiate church of St Ours, royal lodge and keep, at Loches, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. Agnes Sorel was the favourite royal mistress of King Charles VII of France. The chateau was built in the 9th century and the keep in 1013 by Foulques Nerra, Count of Anjou. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting of Madonna and child surrounded by angels, or Madonna lactans, by Jean Fouquet, 1420-81, painted 1453-55, with Agnes Sorel dressed in the latest fashion posing as the Virgin about to breastfeed the Christ child, in the royal lodge of the Chateau de Loches, a medieval castle in the Loire Valley consisting of the old collegiate church of St Ours, royal lodge and keep, at Loches, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. Agnes Sorel was the favourite royal mistress of King Charles VII of France. The chateau was built in the 9th century and the keep in 1013 by Foulques Nerra, Count of Anjou. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of the Virgin and child, with Mary holding the Christ child who has a crucifix halo and gestures to his mother, in the narthex of the Holy Resurrection Church or Kisha e Ristozit, 14th century, Mborje, Korce, Albania. The church, dedicated to St Mary, is a Cultural Monument of Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Virgin of Montserrat, 12th century Romanesque wooden statue of the Virgin and child at the basilica of the Santa Maria de Montserrat monastery on the Montserrat mountain near Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. This is one of the few black Madonnas in Europe (its black colour is caused by a chemical reaction of the varnish over time) and its provenance is surrounded in legend. It depicts a seated Virgin wearing a crown and  holding a globe, with the Christ child, also crowned, on her lap. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre: pilgrims are healed in front of a golden statue of the Virgin and child, they donate generously to the church; top: Virgin and child in majesty with 2 thurifer angels; right: pilgrims on a cart with a barrel of wine miraculously refilled by the Virgin; bottom: donor section of the butchers; left: pilgrims travelling to Chartres with offerings. Bottom medallion of the Miracles of Our Lady stained glass window, 1200, depicting her miracles helping pilgrims, in the nave of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted sculpture of Virgin and child from Collegiate Church of Candes-Saint-Martin, Indre-et-Loire, France. The church was built in the 12th century and fortified in the 15th, and is built on the site of the death of St Martin in 397 AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child in majesty, c. 1100, detail, attributed to the Master of Pedret, in the apse from the Romanesque Church of San Martin at Fuentiduena, Segovia, Spain, c. 1175-1200, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The frescoes were originally from the Church of the Virgin near Tredos in the Pyrenees. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mary, with a book of hours on her knee and holding a gift given by the magi, holds a robust Christ child on her knee, who blesses one of the wise men. Detail of the Adoration of the Magi, by Jean Soulas, upper scene from the choir screen, 1519-21, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. These sculpted scenes show the change in style from Gothic to Renaissance in the early 16th century in France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mary enthroned in majesty, holding a sceptre and with the Christ child on her knee, who gestures in blessing and holds the world, surrounded by angels and doves representing the holy spirit, central section of the North Rose stained glass window, 1233, on the Northern side of the transept of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window was offered by Blanche of Castile, then regent, mother of the future Saint Louis. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Virgin in majesty surrounded by angels, sitting on a throne in a mandorla of glory, holding 2 sceptres indicating she is queen of heaven and earth, with the Christ child on her knee, hand raised in blessing. The sun and moon, symbols of universality, are on either side and 2 angels bow down before her, from the apex of the Incarnation and childhood of Christ stained glass window, 12th century, on the Western facade of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Virgin Mary carrying the Christ child in her left arm, a reminder that Jesus is God in human form. He raises his right hand in blessing. In the Virgin's right hand is a flowering branch, lancet window of the South Rose window, 1221, on the Southern transept wall of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • On the left, the Reverend Canon Henri Noblet, depicted dressed as a deacon kneeling in prayer in front of the Virgin Mary, holding a sceptre and wearing a crown, with the Christ child on her knee, who raises a hand in blessing. On the right, Henri Noblet dressed as a canon, kneeling in prayer in front of Christ enthroned in majesty, who is holding a book, his hand raised in blessing. Donor medallions of Henri Noblet, who donated the window to the cathedral, situated at the bottom of the Lives of St Simon and St Jude stained glass window, 1220-25, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Reverend Canon Henri Noblet, depicted dressed as a deacon kneeling in prayer in front of the Virgin Mary, holding a sceptre and wearing a crown, with the Christ child on her knee, who raises a hand in blessing. Donor medallion of Henri Noblet, who donated the window to the cathedral, situated at the bottom of the Lives of St Simon and St Jude stained glass window, 1220-25, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and Child marble sculpture from the Antonello Gagini school, in a niche of polychrome marble, Chiesa San Giuseppe dei Teatini (San Giuseppe dei Teatini church), 17th century, Giacomo Besio, a Genoese member of the Theatines order, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of mural paintings depicting the Virgin and Child with the Magis in the central apse of Santa Maria de Taull Church, 1123, consecrated by Ramon Guillem, the bishop of Roda, Taull, Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. The church was heavily renovated in the 18th century, with a dome added. Its frescoes were removed to the MNAC (National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona) circa 1918. Santa Maria de Taull Church is part of the Catalan Romanesque churches of the Vall de Boí which were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in November 2000. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Virgin and child, known as the Vierge de Noze, detail of sleeping Christ child, polychrome terracotta, c. 1660, attributed to Pierre Biardeau, 1608-71, in the Eglise Saint-Martin d'Angers, a collegiate Carolingian church, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Joseph with the Christ child, by Raymond Delamarre and Elie-Jean Vezien, near the chapel of the Virgin and Child, in the Eglise Saint Antoine de Padoue, or Church of St Anthony of Padua, designed by Leon Azema and built 1933-35 in concrete and brick, on the Boulevard Lefebvre, in the Porte de Vanves district of the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Pierre de Gondi, 1533-1616, bishop of Paris 1568-98, (left) and Virgin and child welcoming the soul of the bishop, with Saint Denis and Saint-Nicaise, 14th century fresco, restored in 19th century, in the Chapelle des Sept Douleurs, the 8th chapel of the ambulatory, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Other Gondi brothers who were also bishops of Paris are also buried here. The chapel was built from 1296 under Simon Matifas de Bucy, 83rd bishop of Paris 1298-1304. Photographed on 17th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child welcoming the soul of the bishop, with Saint Denis and Saint-Nicaise, 14th century fresco, restored in 19th century, in the Chapelle des Sept Douleurs, the 8th chapel of the ambulatory, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The chapel was built from 1296 under Simon Matifas de Bucy, 83rd bishop of Paris 1298-1304. Photographed on 17th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child welcoming the soul of the bishop, with Saint Denis and Saint-Nicaise, 14th century fresco, restored in 19th century, detail, in the Chapelle des Sept Douleurs, the 8th chapel of the ambulatory, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The chapel was built from 1296 under Simon Matifas de Bucy, 83rd bishop of Paris 1298-1304. Photographed on 17th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir, with statue of Virgin and child, with the Christ child holding a dove, sculpture in polychrome wood, 15th century, on a column, in the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, with the Christ child holding a dove, sculpture in polychrome wood, 15th century, on a column in the choir of the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin of the Grapes, or Vierge aux Raisins, detail, early 16th century statue of the Virgin and child with a bird eating a bunch of grapes, by Troyes School, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The Virgin is crowned and smiling, standing on a crescent moon, and the Christ child holds a vine, while a bird eats the grapes. Behind is the grisailles stained glass window, 13th century, in the Chapelle de la Vierge, or Chapel of the Virgin. The windows were restored in 1879. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin of the Grapes, or Vierge aux Raisins, early 16th century statue of the Virgin and child with a bird eating a bunch of grapes, by Troyes School, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The Virgin is crowned and smiling, standing on a crescent moon, and the Christ child holds a vine, while a bird eats the grapes. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of saints, including one carrying child on his shoulder, possibly the Christ child, 1722, by an unknown artist, in the Church of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel or Kisha e Shen Mehillit or Shen Mehilli, built 1696 and part of a larger church complex, Voskopoje, Korce, Albania. Only the naos and narthex of the church remain, although it was originally a basilica type building covered with vaults and cupolas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin Mary as a Byzantine icon with jewelled crown and halo, enthroned in majesty with the Christ child on her knee, who holds an open book and blesses us. Censers swing about her head and above is a dove representing the holy spirit, with an image of the church of Jerusalem in heaven (this upper section was added in the 13th century). Virgin and child in majesty from the Our Lady of the stained glass and the public life of Christ stained glass window, 1180, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window was so named in the 15th century. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin Mary as a Byzantine icon with jewelled crown and halo, enthroned in majesty with the Christ child on her knee, who holds an open book and blesses us. Censers swing about her head. The Virgin wears a veil which may refer to the Virgin's relic kept here at Chartres. Virgin and child in majesty from the Our Lady of the stained glass and the public life of Christ stained glass window, 1180, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window was so named in the 15th century. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Top row l-r; the flight into Egypt with Mary and Jesus riding a donkey led by Joseph, and the journey back to Galilee on the right, with a crowd welcoming the holy family to Nazareth while the Christ child blesses them. Bottom row, the massacre of the innocents, with Herod ordering his soldiers to murder the children, a woman snatching her child back from a soldier and a massacre scene with soldiers killing babies and mothers grieving, from the Incarnation and childhood of Christ stained glass window, 12th century, on the Western facade of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, from the Baroque altarpiece, 18th century, in the Capilla de Nuestra Senora La Antigua, in Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style with Baroque elements, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. In the centre of the altarpiece is a statue of the Virgin and child under a canopy, and to either side, San Cecilio and San Gregorio Betico. Several architects worked on the cathedral, which, unusually, has 5 naves and a circular capilla mayor instead of an apse. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ as a child sitting on the knee of his mother the Virgin Mary, holding an open book and blessing us with his right hand. Detail of the Virgin and child in majesty from the Our Lady of the stained glass and the public life of Christ stained glass window, 1180, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window was so named in the 15th century. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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