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The Christ Child embraces the Virgin, while Saint Joseph, who holds a carpenter's square, looks on at the right. This is one of a group of paintings by an as yet unidentified artist, whose style was influenced to some extent by that of Sodoma, to whom the panel was at one time attributed.
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The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN