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The Woman Clothed in the Sun
Creator
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- about 1255–1260
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink
- Culture
- English
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 377966a6-9671-4099-82c5-dc1823d544c7
From the Getty Museum record
>This section of the Apocalypse describes how "_a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars_". >Quote text(Apocalypse 12:1) Medieval commentators interpreted this woman as representing the Virgin Mary. In the lines that follow, the woman is described as pregnant and in the throes of a painful labor. In the miniature, as John looks solemnly on, she clutches her swollen belly with both hands; white and red flames radiate from her, indicating that she is "clothed with the sun."
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