The Virgin with St Peter and St Paul
Dirk Bouts c 1400-1475
There are thousands of
portrayals of the Madonna and Child, but I have included this one because it
also shows Seal’s Patron Saints, Peter and Paul. Paul, (right) whose sword
stands behind him, offers Christ a carnation, a symbol of his crucifixion –
they were supposed to have sprung from Mary’s tears. St Peter, whose keys are on
the floor, peeping out from the bottom of his robe, holds a book, probably a
prayer book, from which Mary is reading.
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