The image portrays a person holding a child. The adult is standing and turned towards the right with their head tilted slightly upwards. Both figures have halos above their heads. The adult is wearing a long robe and a cross around their waist, while holding a flowering branch in their left hand. The child is cradled in the adult's right arm, facing slightly forward and to the left. The background is a simple, vertical rectangular frame with minimal detail.
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Standing Saint holding the Christ Child

Karel Vitezslav Masek (Czech, 1865 - 1927)

1896

Medium
graphite on paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
image: 33 x 25.2 cm (13 x 9 15/16 in.)
Culture
Czech
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Gift of the Anne and Jacques Baruch Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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