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The Virgin and Child enthroned between St Helena and St Michael; the Virgin sitting on a throne with a shell niche; the Child, making a gesture of blessing and holding a pomegranate (symbol of the Passion) in his l hand, sitting in her lap on a pillow; flanked by St Helena holding a cross on the l and by St Michael holding a sword and a globe on the r; in the background rising cypress; below three-column of Latin text of five lines each: "QUAM VIDES HELENAM AMPLECTI [...] NOBIS FILIUM DEI". c.1480-90 Engraving
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