In Berlin sometimes I dip into a museum and look at only one or two paintings. It is like having an "espresso", a "little mouthful" as Pu Bear would say - just a glimpse at Beauty, and the eyes, the heart and the soul are happy. I notice "little things" - and that is one reason why I love this painting so much (you find it in Berlin's "Gemäldegalerie):
"The Madonna and Child Enthroned" (1525) by Quinten Matsijs, a Dutch painter, (né 1465 in Leuven/ died 1530 in Antwerpen) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Matsys
Butter, cherries, and a roll - these mouthwatering details you see it in this painting.
What fascinates me is the "imperfect" surrounding: this Madonna is so real - so human, she is not the unapproachable "Holy Virgin", but a tender young woman who cuddles her child. As most mothers she has a lot to do, household chores are not the most important on her To-Do-list. You see, if you look very hard, something on the floor, in front of her right foot:
some cherry pits!
