Madonna lactans

E620596

Christian artistic motif Marian iconography type religious image

Madonna lactans is a traditional Christian artistic motif depicting the Virgin Mary breastfeeding the infant Jesus, symbolizing both his humanity and maternal care.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Madonna lactans canonical	1
breastfeeding Madonna	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian artistic motif ⓘ Marian iconography type ⓘ religious image ⓘ
associatedWith	Marian devotion ⓘ Renaissance art NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval Christian art ⓘ theology of the Incarnation ⓘ
contrastedWith	Madonna and Child NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgin of Humility NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicts	Virgin Mary ⓘ Virgin Mary breastfeeding the infant Jesus ⓘ infant Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction	devotional image ⓘ didactic image ⓘ liturgical art ⓘ
hasIconographicFeature	Christ Child at the breast NERFINISHED ⓘ exposed breast of the Virgin Mary ⓘ seated or enthroned Virgin ⓘ tender physical contact between mother and child ⓘ
hasTheme	divine charity ⓘ humanity of Jesus ⓘ incarnation of Christ ⓘ maternal care ⓘ motherhood ⓘ nurture ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
meaningOfName	Breastfeeding Madonna NERFINISHED ⓘ Nursing Madonna NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Christian iconography ⓘ Marian art ⓘ
relatedConcept	Maria lactans NERFINISHED ⓘ Marian devotion to the Milk Grotto in Bethlehem ⓘ Our Lady of Good Milk NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Western Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes	Christ’s humanity ⓘ incarnation ⓘ intimacy between Mary and Jesus ⓘ maternal love ⓘ nourishment of the faithful ⓘ spiritual nourishment ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence	Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn	altarpiece ⓘ fresco ⓘ illuminated manuscript ⓘ panel painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
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Input

Subject: Madonna lactans
Description of subject: Madonna lactans is a traditional Christian artistic motif depicting the Virgin Mary breastfeeding the infant Jesus, symbolizing both his humanity and maternal care.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Madonna Litta → iconography → Madonna lactans ⓘ

Lucca Madonna → depicts → Madonna lactans ⓘ

this entity surface form: breastfeeding Madonna