Among a green blanket and a huge red curtain lay Madonna of the Rose with a young child who is clutching a globe. At the bottom "Parmigianino La Madonna della Rosa" is printed and it translates to "Parmigianino Madonna of the Rose".
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The card is a reproduction of Hans Memling's "Maria Mit Dem Kinde," or Mary with the Child. Seated on a throne, a blonde-haired Mary is dressed in red and has the baby Jesus on her lap. He is reaching to the angel kneeling to the left. A black-clothed priest kneels to the right. "Hans Memling" and "Maria Mit Dem Kinde" are printed below.
Ill Person in Bed Surrounded by the Holy
In a golden canopied bed lies a figure in white with long brown hair, possibly a man or woman. Behind the bed, a priest in black and another male figure pray and speak to them. In the foreground, the pope dressed in red is seated on a chair next to the bed while a woman kneels next to it and clasps the person's hand. There is a description below that cannot be made out.
The card is a reprint of artist Jan Vermeer's "Die Kupplerin," or 'The Procuress.' A woman in yellow with a patterened rug over her lower half is seated, and three men in different outfits surround her. It has been intrepreted as a brothel scene of contemporary life. "Jan Vermeer van Delft Die Kupplerin" is printed below the reproduction.
On a columed porch, a blonde-haired angel Gabriel in red brings the news to Mary that she is pregnant. Mary, pale with blonde hair and a halo, is seated on a stool and wearing blue and light pink. Her arms are crossed over her stomach.
Floating above the rest of the figures is Mary in red and blue, holding the baby Jesus. They are backed by a golden sky. Around them, figures of both genders and all ages look upon them or in other directions.
The upper part of the card shows Jesus in white and gold with a halo teaching the 12 apostles. The lower half is separated from it by the words "Evtes docete omnes gentes" which is loosely translated as 'teach all nations'. The lower card depicts a columned building, perhaps St. Peter's church or the papal residence, with golden rays of light shooting out from it. "Anno Santo MCMXXV" or 'Holy Year 1925' is printed beneath it. To the left is a gold medallion with a pope's figure in profile, labelled "Pius XI Pontmax." To the right is a gold medallion depicting a door and "Porta Santa", or 'holy door.'
The upper part of the card depicts two angels, one playing the harp and one holding pink-purple flowers, looking down upon the baby Jesus with a lamb in the hay on the lower half of the card.
Inset like a portrait is a black-and-white drawing of a man and a woman's head views, looking at each other and smirking. "How you and me" is at the bottom of the portrait, and handwritten on the card is "On one of my busy days. Jack".
The card shows a man with brown hair and a halo seated on the floor. He has a red cloak and animal fur draped half over him, although his chest is bare. He holds a bowl in his right hand and a white object in his left. A cross made of branches is in the lower right. It is labeled "San Giovanni Battista," translated to 'St. John the Baptist' from Italian.