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The painting is the right wing of a diptych, the left wing depicts the Trinity. The diptych is an oil painting, a rather unusual technique in this period.
The depiction of the Virgin is reminiscent of a genre scene set in a 15th-century burgher's dwelling. It abounds in details included not just for their symbolic meaning but also because of the artist's interest in conveying the material and texture of objects.
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