Virgin and Child, ca. 1525, Oil on wood, Overall 28 3/8 x 21 1/4 in. (72. 1 x 54 cm) ; painted surface 27 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (70. 5 x 52. 7 cm), Paintings, Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish, Cleve ca. 1485?1540/41 Antwerp) and a collaborator, Two iconographic themes are combined in this splendid painting: the joys of motherhood and the sorrowful premonition of Christ's death. The sleeping infant is traditionally understood as a prefiguration of the dead Christ embraced by the Virgin, known as the Piet?