placed on a richly gilt ground, the Christ Child delicately embraces the Holy Virgin by her neck and presses his check against the mother`s, elaborate raised beads on Mary`s omophorion accentuate the serenity of the faces. Egg tempera, enamel paints, gold leaf and gesso on wood panel. Two insert splints on the back. 66 x 50 cm (26 x 19 3/4 in.)