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Mary Baker
Mary Baker is an American Folk Art artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Mary Baker kept a daylight lamp burning in her studio so she could paint the exact moment a shadow crossed a face, not the face itself. In 1858 she took Murillo’s sleeping Christ child, lifted him off the cross, and let the boy nap peacefully while a dim halo still flickered above his head, quiet rebellion tucked inside devotion. Seek out The Infant Christ Asleep on the Cross and watch how the candlelight decides what gets remembered.
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