To: mnehring
No art expert - but I have seen enough religious paintings that a young woman holding a child greeting another child is almost ALWAYS - Mary the Mother holding the Christ child meeting John the Baptist as a child.
14 posted on
08/07/2012 3:58:18 PM PDT by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
To: allmendream
I wouldn’t say always (just because I don’t know) but I have to agree with your observation. It was a very popular subject. Adding in the lamb and the old child (John?) holding a staff which he is usually symbolized with, I think you are spot on.
15 posted on
08/07/2012 4:01:16 PM PDT by
mnehring
To: allmendream
Also the woman in the painting has a halo. I'm not sure if Mary Magdalene was every represented with a halo.
17 posted on
08/07/2012 4:03:01 PM PDT by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
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