Christ_Bearing_the_Soul_of_the_Virgin
Christ Bearing the Soul of the Virgin
1462 painting by Andrea Mantegna
Christ Bearing the Soul of the Virgin is a tempera on panel painting measuring 27.5 by 17.5 cm by Andrea Mantegna.[1] It was completed around 1462 and is now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Ferrara.[2] It shows Christ in an almond-shaped cloud bearing the soul of the Virgin Mary straight to heaven after her death, accompanied by cherubs - the soul is represented by a statuette, rather than the more usual symbol of a child.[3]