The Adoration of the Christ Child, Oil on wood, Overall 41 x 28 1/4 in. (104.1 x 71.8 cm); painted surface 41 x 27 5/8 in. (104.1 x 70.2 cm), Paintings, Follower of Jan Joest of Kalkar (Netherlandish, active ca. 1515), The fourteenth-century mystic Saint Bridget of Sweden recounted Christ's birth after experiencing a vision. The 'great and ineffable light' she described as emanating from the Child is the most compelling feature of this picture.
The Adoration of the Christ Child, Oil on wood, Overall 41 x 28 1/4 in. (104.1 x 71.8 cm); painted surface 41 x 27 5/8 in. (104.1 x 70.2 cm), Paintings, Follower of Jan Joest of Kalkar (Netherlandish, active ca. 1515), The fourteenth-century mystic Saint Bridget of Sweden recounted Christ's birth after experiencing a vision. The 'great and ineffable light' she described as emanating from the Child is the most compelling feature of this picture