Madonna & Child, by Cornelis Van Cleve Christmas Cards Pack of 10

Virgin & Child, by Cornelis Van Cleve (active by 1520-1567) card with envelopes. This tender scene alludes, through the depiction of the Christ Child eating an apple, to the popular notion in the middle ages of Christ as a second Adam and his mother as the co-redemptrix of mankind.

Message inside reads: "Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year"
Supporting the work of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Size: 16cm x 16cm
Printed in the UK on carbon balanced paper through the World Land Trust.