Birth of the Virgin, Palekh, 19th century

depicting Anna, The Mother of the Virgin, lying to the left, the first bath of the Virgin depicted in the lower left corner, Anna and Joachim enthroned and cherishing their newborn daughter on the right, and a rare scene of a servant showing the newborn Virgin to her mother in the centre, the background painted with architecture

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