An Edvard Munch painting named for this figure contains a decorative border showing sperm swimming on an orange background.
An Edvard Munch painting named for this figure contains a decorative border showing sperm swimming on an orange background. This figure, the largest person depicted in Duccio's Maesta, is shown about to be crowned in a van Eyck painting commissioned by the (*) Chancellor Rolin. A Mannerist portrait by Parmigianino is named after the unusually long neck he gave this figure, who is shown with St. Jerome in a da Vinci painting titled for her "of the rocks." Michelangelo sculpted a Pieta showing this figure cradling her dead son. For 10 points, name this subject usually referred to as "Madonna" when depicted holding the infant Christ.
An Edvard Munch painting named for this figure contains a decorative border showing sperm swimming on an orange background.
The Virgin Mary (or Madonna before read; accept Madonna of the Chancellor Rolin; accept Madonna of the Goldfinch; accept Madonna of the Long Neck; accept Madonna of the Rocks)