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Saints Presenting a Devout Woman to the Virgin and Child

Giovanni Battista Pittoni

Cleveland Museum of Art

The painting depicts a religious scene with multiple figures. The Virgin Mary sits on a cloud, wearing a blue and red dress, with the baby Jesus on her lap. She has a white cloth draped over her shoulder. A woman in a yellow head covering and pink dress kneels below her, hands clasped in prayer. A man in a black robe with a white beard and a staff stands to the left, while another man in a brown robe sits to the right. Several other figures are present: two women sit on clouds to the left, one holding a lamb; an angel points towards the Virgin from the right; and two women kneel in the foreground. A bowl with smoke and flames sits in the bottom-left corner. The background features a cloudy sky with additional figures.

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693 × 893 px
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