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Composition study for a "Madonna and Child and Infant John the Baptist" Mural
Composition study for a "Madonna and Child and Infant John the Baptist" Mural

Composition study for a "Madonna and Child and Infant John the Baptist" Mural

A "Madonna and Child and Infant John the Baptist" Mural
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Object Details

Title:
Composition study for a "Madonna and Child and Infant John the Baptist" Mural
Date:
c. 1940
Artist:
Medium:
Charcoal and graphite on paper
Dimensions
12 ¼ x9in.
Classification
Murals
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[within the triangular frame in graphite]: The wind bloweth where it listeth, and ye cannot / tell whence it cometh, so is every one that is born / Ho! Everyone That Thirsteth. Come ye to [the waters?]; [bottom right in graphite]: Mother & Child – WesternThe inscriptions on either side of the figures paraphrase John 3:8.

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