# Virgin and Child with a Spindle

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MORALES, Luis de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/morales-luis-de-rc16ff70ea1685d>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on oak, 49 x 33 cm

## Commentary

This painting is typically Spanish for its fervent pietism. The Infant is shown holding a spindle, referring to his attire at birth and at death, the miraculously expanding garment woven by his mother that lasted a short lifetime. The depth of emotion of the image is often found in Spanish religious art of later times.

## Related artworks

- [Christ Carrying the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/morales-luis-de-rc16ff70ea1685d/christ-carrying-the-cross-r622850a6faa134>)
- [Ecce Homo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/morales-luis-de-rc16ff70ea1685d/ecce-homo-r5ef10c53596867>)
- [Madonna with the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/morales-luis-de-rc16ff70ea1685d/madonna-with-the-child-r216602b7ac8d9a>)
- [Madonna with the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/morales-luis-de-rc16ff70ea1685d/madonna-with-the-child-re0410e637b2b41>)
- [Mater Dolorosa](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/morales-luis-de-rc16ff70ea1685d/mater-dolorosa-rd46f6337bfcb1b>)
- [Pietà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/morales-luis-de-rc16ff70ea1685d/piet-rbeef4da996b22d>)
- [Pietà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/morales-luis-de-rc16ff70ea1685d/piet-rd2d649cf2e0224>)
- [St Stephen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/morales-luis-de-rc16ff70ea1685d/st-stephen-r72a5e290bea5a2>)
- [Virgin and Child \(La Virgen del Sombrero\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/morales-luis-de-rc16ff70ea1685d/virgin-and-child-la-virgen-del-sombrero-r438c9ed55ef106>)
- [Virgin and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/morales-luis-de-rc16ff70ea1685d/virgin-and-child-with-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-r1df0594d809151>)
- [Virgin and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/morales-luis-de-rc16ff70ea1685d/virgin-and-child-with-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-rce72d1c966a05d>)

## Attribution

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