Les Géants du Nord

Robert Doisneau

1951

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Surrounded by angels, the Madonna sits in a Gothic throne with the Christ Child on her lap. He wears a coral necklace and touches a gold ball that his mother is holding.
An abstract composition in pink, yellow, red, brown, black, white, cream, and various shades of blue and grey. Conventional and unconventional shapes are layered on top of one another.
Two small yellow, black, and white birds sit on thin branches that hold thin draping leaves.
Les Bergers (Shepherds), Jean-Honoré Fragonard, oil on canvas