Madonna mit Kind - Madonna with Child Edmund Blair Leighton considered to be the preeminent

considered to be the preeminent painter of the era

Remnants of a series of beautiful frescos that were destroyed in a fire 1771

representing the Holy Spirit

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

Madonna mit Kind - Madonna with Child Edmund Blair Leighton considered to be the preeminentThis 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.