Vierge en bois, église de S. Jean, à Liége, Mary with Child, photograph, page, c. 1877 - in or before 1882, photographer, paper, albumen print, hand coloring, hand colored in yellow, red and blue, height 151 mm x width 137 mm, Madonna: ie Mary with the Christ-child, A painted depiction of a seated female figure wearing a long yellow robe and a jeweled crown, holding a smaller child figure on her lap; the child also wears a yellow garment and a necklace of red gems, and both figures have pale faces and visible hair. The seated figures rest on an ornate golden throne decorated with jewel-like accents and sculpted details, and a green serpent-like creature with a red round element lies at the base of the throne. The background is a mottled teal wash within a rectangular frame, and the whole scene sits above a pale border with printed elements partially visible at the bottom.
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Vierge en bois, église de S. Jean, à Liége, Mary with Child, photograph, page, c. 1877 - in or before 1882, photographer, paper, albumen print, hand coloring, hand colored in yellow, red and blue, height 151 mm x width 137 mm, Madonna: ie Mary with the Christ-child, A painted depiction of a seated female figure wearing a long yellow robe and a jeweled crown, holding a smaller child figure on her lap; the child also wears a yellow garment and a necklace of red gems, and both figures have pale faces and visible hair. The seated figures rest on an ornate golden throne decorated with jewel-like accents and sculpted details, and a green serpent-like creature with a red round element lies at the base of the throne. The background is a mottled teal wash within a rectangular frame, and the whole scene sits above a pale border with printed elements partially visible at the bottom.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B05_137

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Vierge en bois église de S Jean à Liége Mary Child photograph page c 1877 - 1882 photographer paper albumen print hand coloring hand colored yellow red blue height 151 mm x width 137 mm Madonna ie Christ-child painted depiction seated female figure wearing long yellow robe jeweled crown holding smaller child figure lap child also wears yellow garment necklace red gems figures pale faces visible hair seated figures rest ornate golden throne decorated jewel- accents sculpted details green serpent- creature red round element lies base throne background mottled teal wash within rectangular frame whole scene sits pale border printed elements partially visible bottom

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