"It's an expression that can be dead, unless we engage ourselves in it."
Curator Keith Christiansen on "Madonna and Child," a painting by Berlinghiero.
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Why is the virgin Mary so sad in this piece?
"It’s an expression that can be dead, unless we engage ourselves in it."
Keith Christiansen
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Keith Christiansen
John Pope-Hennessy Chairman, Department of European Paintings
John Pope-Hennessy Chairman, Department of European Paintings
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Berlinghiero
possibly 1230s