Virgin and Child Adored by a Lute-Playing Angel (1820–1852, France) by Jean-Jacques Feuchère - Catholic Coloring Page

Depictions of the Virgin and Child have been popular in art since the High Renaissance period (1480-1530)^[1]. These works often portray Mary as a young mother, wearing the turban favored by peasant women^[2], and often combine iconographic themes of joyous motherhood and sorrowful premonition of Christ's death^[3]. Joos van Cleve's painting from ca. 1525 is an example of this type of artwork^[3]. Other examples include Elisabetta Sirani's Virgin and Child^[2] and a surviving upper half statue from the Getty Museum^[4].