Madonna mit Kind - Madonna with Child Edmund Blair Leighton Peter Paul Rubens' masterpiece

Peter Paul Rubens' masterpiece

Please note the expressive nature of Christ's eyes and facial expression

the babe in Her arms

considered to be the preeminent painter of the era

Mary Magdalene appears in the role of a mourner

Madonna mit Kind - Madonna with Child Edmund Blair Leighton Peter Paul Rubens' masterpieceThis is one of Franz Ittenbach's masterpieces, Madonna mit Kind. A truly tender representation of Our Queen and her Kingly Son. Ittenbach started learning his art in Cologne in 1832 under Franz Katz. He was a very pious and devotional Catholic who refused commissions of art that were either pagan or mythological. He dedicated his art to Church decor. He died in 1879.