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Most Cursed Medieval Baby Jesus

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—Duccio di BuoninsegnaSiena, around 1300. The child is a small adult and everyone involved agreed to it— win— match wins
—BerlinghieroLucca, 1230s. Gold ground, long nose, thousand year stare— win— match wins
—Cimabue at CastelfiorentinoAround 1285. The baby is blessing you whether you asked or not— win— match wins
—Giotto's laughing childAssisi. A rare medieval baby caught mid laugh, which is arguably worse— win— match wins
—Barnaba da ModenaNow in the Louvre. Grown man proportions, shrunk to fit the arm— win— match wins
—Vitale da BolognaThe Madonna of the Teeth. The name is about the child's smile— win— match wins
—Dietisalvi di SpemeSiena, 1262. Painted before anyone had looked closely at a baby— win— match wins
—Guido da SienaEnthroned, robed, and staring like a landlord— win— match wins
—Virgin of the PassionA Greek icon where the child looks like he already knows how this ends— win— match wins
—Paolo VenezianoVenice, mid 1300s. The face of a man who has read the contract— win— match wins
—Lippo MemmiSiena. Baby fingers, middle aged forehead— win— match wins
—Ambrogio Lorenzetti1337, now in the Louvre. He is being held, but he is not a child— win— match wins
—Master of the Johnson AssumptionThree generations in one panel and the youngest looks oldest— win— match wins
—Romanesque enthroned MadonnaCarved in wood. Both faces went straight past human— win— match wins
—Enthroned Virgin and ChildA wooden pair whose expressions have not changed in eight hundred years— win— match wins
—Duccio's Rucellai MadonnaA detail of the most famous panel in Siena, and the baby is still like that— win— match wins
—Ugolino di NerioClose up. There is no angle from which this reads as an infant— win— match wins
—Pietro LorenzettiBuonconvento. Held like a baby, built like a bank manager— win— match wins
—Simone MartiniAround 1326. Even Siena's smoothest painter could not fix the proportions— win— match wins
—Segna di Bonaventura1325 or so. The child has been told something disappointing— win— match wins
—Bernardo DaddiFlorence. Chubby cheeks attached to a fully formed adult skull— win— match wins
—Taddeo GaddiAround 1355. Giotto's pupil, same baby problem— win— match wins
—Sano di PietroFifteenth century Siena. The hairline arrived early— win— match wins
—Giovanni del Biondo1392. Enthroned, and looking at you like you interrupted something— win— match wins
—Allegretto NuziMadonna of Humility, 1365. The child is not humble— win— match wins
—Deodato OrlandiLucca, around 1300. Painted with the confidence of a man who never met a baby— win— match wins
—Lo ScheggiaFlanked by two saints, upstaged by one very serious infant— win— match wins
—Follower of MelioreFlorence, around 1275. Tempera on canvas, terror on face— win— match wins
—Lorenzo VenezianoThe Louvre panel. Small body, enormous opinions— win— match wins
—Michele GiambonoVenice. The child appears to be doing his own taxes— win— match wins
—Theophanes the CretanByzantine tradition, where the child was always a tiny philosopher— win— match wins
—Cretan School GlykofilousaThe Virgin of Tenderness, holding something that is not tender— win— match wins
—Ioannis TzenA Cretan icon with a child who has clearly been briefed— win— match wins
—The Mother of God GruzinskayaRussian icon. The child has the face of a retired colonel— win— match wins
—Presbyter MartinusSeat of Wisdom, carved in wood. Wisdom achieved, babyhood skipped— win— match wins
—Sedes Sapientiae of LiègeThe Virgin as a throne, the child as a very small senator— win— match wins
—Madonna from OłobokMedieval Poland. Both faces are unreadable in exactly the same way— win— match wins
—Maria with the Christ ChildCarved oak. The child was given the face of the man who carved him— win— match wins
—Andrea di BartoloDetroit Institute of Arts. Held tight, entirely unbothered— win— match wins
—Grifo di TancrediAround 1300, from San Gaggio in Florence. Enthroned and unamused— win— match wins

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