The child christ helds bread and apple in his hands. The apple is the symbol of the original sin, the bread (the body of christ) of the redemption. The virgin is considered to be the second eve redempting the sin of the first. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: circa 1530s. Place of creation: Germany. Dimensions: height: 87 cm (34.2 in) ; width: 59 cm (23.2 in). Medium: from wood transferred to canvas, oil on canvas. Depicted People: Virgin Mary. Collection: Hermitage Museum. Cranach, Lucas, I - The Virgin and Child Under an Apple Tree
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