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The Virgen Blanca or Nuestra Señora la Blanca of the west portal of León Cathedral is the masterpiece of a certain Enrico, who died in 1277. He worked at Burgos and at León, and though he must have been trained at Amiens, he transformed the stylized grace of his masters' 13th century French Gothic art into something more picturesque and anecdotal. The drapery folds are more broken, more angular, the Virgin is pleasant and kindly, and her Son, a lively and mischievous 'niño'.
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