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Mothering Sunday

30 March 2014

Madonna and Child (detail; c. 1460–1469), Filippo Lippi

It’s Mothering Sunday today and to celebrate Apollo picks some of its favourite depictions of mothers in art. Click on any image to open the slide show.

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