Virgin of the Immaculate Conception by Carlo Crivelli

virginal conception ：童貞懷孕：聖母瑪利亞因聖神受孕，仍保留其童貞狀態。

Immaculate Conception, the ：聖母無玷始胎；聖母無染原罪；聖母無原罪；聖母始胎無染原罪： 1854 年教宗碧嶽九世宣佈：「瑪利亞在其母胎成孕之初，即因天主特恩未染原罪」為信條。其節日在十 二月八日 。拉丁文稱作 Immaculata Conceptio 。

National Gallery

Painted in 1492, this work by Carlo Crivelli may be the earliest dated picture of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. The symbols derive from the Bible, including the Book of Revelation and The Song of Songs. Here, the Virgin's purity is symbolised by a lily in a pure crystal glass. The painting comes from the Franciscan church of San Francesco, Pergola, central Italy. It hangs in Room 59: http://bit.ly/2haE6ID