The Virgin of Ittre with the Christ Child, crowned and holding the orb and sceptre. Oil painting, 1637.

Date:
1637
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44930i
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The Virgin of Ittre with the Christ Child, crowned and holding the orb and sceptre. Oil painting, 1637. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Ittre in Belgium holds a statue of the Virgin (Notre-Dame d'Ittre) venerated for having arrested a plague epidemic in the 14th century. An inscription on the painting states that invocation of her name has relieved a sick person in 1637. Christ holds the orb while the Virgin holds the sceptre

Publication/Creation

1637

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1 painting : oil on wood ; wood 59.5 x 40.5 cm

Lettering

Vne personne affligée d'vne obstruction d'vrine et fiebvre maligne, at este sovlagé invoquant le nom de N<ot>re Dame d'Ittre Ao. 1637

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Wellcome Collection 44930i

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