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cucumber

Crivelli's Madonna and Child (with cuke and fly)

One of the great Renaissance painters from the Marche, Carlo Crivelli, made cucumbers his special symbol, often growing prettily on vines in the garlands surrounding his Madonnas.

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Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Image by PD Art