painted in ochre colours, the Mother of God carrying Christ on her right arm, gesturing with her left hand towards her Son, the Christ Child pressing his cheek against his Mother’s

A vertical crack running through the left eye of the Mother of God, the face of Christ and further down to the bottom of the painting, some retouching, especially along this crack, in the neck of the Mother of God, and along the silhouette of the figure of the Mother of God, a further patch of approximately 2cm squared of repainting visible in the upper right arm of Christ, some wear to the painting
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