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Lucas Cranach the Younger and Workshop

Christ Blessing the Children

ca. 1545–50
Oil on beech
16.5 × 22.2 cm (6.5 × 8.7 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 537

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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