Medium Large Xlarge Smaller, in colour Whole paintingCarlo Crivelli, Italian, c.1435 – c.1495. Italian Renaissance
Tempera and gold on wood, 37.8 x 25.4 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
The eyes of Jesus (and the Madonna) are fixed on a fly which was a medieval symbol of corruption.
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