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"description": "The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception maintains that the Virgin Mary was conceived free from sin, therefore ready to be the pure vessel for Christ\u2019s birth. The Immaculate Conception enjoyed intense devotion in Spain during the 1600s, although it was only accepted as official doctrine in 1854. The abstract subject required artists to develop appropriate imagery. The crescent moon, for example, comes from the New Testament vision of Saint John the Evangelist (Revelation 12:1) of \u201ca woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet.\u201d",
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"citation": "Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler. \"More about Vald\u00e9s Leal's Sketches for Seville's \"Assumption of the Virgin\" and \"Immaculate Conception\".\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 8 (1992): 288-303.",
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