The Virgin of the Grapes

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The Virgin of the Grapes is a Baroque religious painting by Pierre Mignard depicting the Virgin Mary tenderly holding the Christ Child, often noted for its soft realism and symbolic use of grapes.

All labels observed (2)

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The Virgin of the Grapes canonical 2
La Vierge aux raisins 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque artwork
Marian painting
painting
religious painting
artForm oil painting
artHistoricalContext French Baroque painting
artisticSchool French court painting tradition
artStyle soft realism
associatedWith Catholic Marian devotion
iconography of the Child Jesus
colorPalette soft and harmonious tones
countryOfOrigin France
creator Pierre Mignard
creatorNationality French
depicts Child Jesus
surface form: Christ Child

Virgin Mary
features careful rendering of drapery
naturalistic flesh tones
symbolic still-life elements
tender interaction between Mary and Jesus
genre Christian art
religious art
hasTitleInEnglish The Virgin of the Grapes self-link
hasTitleInFrench The Virgin of the Grapes self-linksurface differs
surface form: La Vierge aux raisins
iconographicElement grapes
mainSubject Madonna and Child
movement Baroque
notedFor delicate modeling of figures
expressive yet restrained emotion
symbolic use of fruit
period 17th century
portrays Mary holding the Christ Child
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
religiousTradition Roman Catholic
subjectFocus infancy of Christ
maternal love of Mary
symbolism Holy Eucharist
surface form: Eucharist

abundance
blood of Christ
fertility
sacrifice of Christ
theme divine motherhood
incarnation of Christ
salvation
visualFocus cluster of grapes near the Child

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Pierre Mignard notableWork The Virgin of the Grapes
The Virgin of the Grapes hasTitleInEnglish The Virgin of the Grapes self-link
The Virgin of the Grapes hasTitleInFrench The Virgin of the Grapes self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: La Vierge aux raisins