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Medieval Art at the Smart: Mary as Vessel-Like Throne for the Christ-Child, Personification of Wisdom

edieval Virgin-and-Child statues like the one owned by the Smart Museum of Art were once the most ubiquitous type of medieval devotional image. ...

July 23, 2015