Madonna and Child on the Grassy Bank

Hans Baldung Grien

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a full-body illustration of a seated woman holding a child on her lap. The woman is positioned slightly turned to her left, with her head lowered toward the child. She has long, wavy hair, and wears a crown and an intricately patterned robe. The child is reaching up with one hand. Both figures wear halos. The background includes tall grasses, a natural setting, and a distant structure among trees and hills. The scene is framed in a style reminiscent of a medieval or early renaissance woodcut.