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Black Madonna with Babe
© Sue Ellen Parkinson
Original – SOLD
Prints – 13”x 19,” $50
This is one of my first Black Madonna's. As I was painting Her, I was listening to the Cantigas de Santa Maria, attributed to the Spanish King, Alfonso X, known as El Sabio—The Wise. I can see his music in this painting. He was a great equalitarian monarch, who absolutely adored the Black Madonna. She had cured him of a near fatal disease and so he asked his court musicians to compose music in Her honor. If you want a taste, listen to Cantiga No. 166 by the Rose Ensemble, or No.123 by Jordi Savall.