Landscape and Her Children | Walter Spies | 1939 18th Century more commonly known as simply

more commonly known as simply Horace Vernet

In Monks in a Monastery

30’’x 40’’ Inches = 76

It depicts the Virgin Mary cradling the lifeless body of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion

Landscape and Her Children | Walter Spies | 1939 18th Century more commonly known as simplyWalter Spie's "The Landscape and Her Children" (1939) is a highly refined and poetic vision of the tropical world, in which human figures and animals are integrated seamlessly into a luxuriant, carefully ordered jungle landscape. Executed in the artists distinctive style of magical realism, the painting combines precise naturalistic detail with an idealized, almost dreamlike atmosphere, lending the scene a sense of timeless harmony and quiet