# The Virgin and Child with St Martina and St Agnes \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GRECO, El](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

This detail shows the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus enthroned in the heavens, surrounded by angels and seraphim. The postures of the Virgin and Child are similar to those in &lt;A onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/g/greco\_el/11/1101grec.html&#39;\)&#34; HREF=&#34;/html/g/greco\_el/11/1101grec.html&#34;&gt;The Holy family with Saint Mary Magdalen&lt;/A&gt; in Cleveland.

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- [An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool \(Fábula\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f/an-allegory-with-a-boy-lighting-a-candle-in-the-company-of-an-ape-and-a-fool-fbula-rb252535edad9f2>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)