Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados (Our Lady of the Forsaken) 18th century
anonymous
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abstract painting
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water colours
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possibly oil pastel
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madonna
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handmade artwork painting
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oil painting
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child
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acrylic on canvas
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underpainting
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painting painterly
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watercolour bleed
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watercolor
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angel
"Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados" (Our Lady of the Forsaken) is an 18th-century anonymous oil painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary, crowned by an angel, with the infant Jesus in her arms. Two additional angels flank Mary, one of whom holds a lily, a symbol of purity. The painting is likely a devotional work meant to inspire religious fervor.
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