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The Madonna of Bruges is a marble sculpture by Michelangelo of Mary with the infant Jesus. Michelangelo’s depiction of the Madonna and Child differs significantly from earlier representations of the same subject which tended to feature a pious Virgin smiling down on an infant held in her arms. Instead Jesus stands upright almost unsupported only loosely restrained by Mary’s right hand and appears to be about to step away from his mother and into the world.
