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Madonna and Child on a Grassy Bench

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Madonna and Child on a Grassy Bench, 1505–07. Woodcut in black on cream laid paper.

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Woodcut in black on cream laid paper · Image/sheet, block mark not visible: 23.6 × 16 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title
Madonna and Child on a Grassy Bench
Artist
Hans Baldung Grien German, 1484/85-1545
Date
1505–07
Medium
Woodcut in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet, block mark not visible: 23.6 × 16 cm (9 5/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Credit line
Anonymous gift
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.

Madonna and Child on a Grassy Bench · Hans Baldung Grien, 1505–07
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