The 25 ugliest babies in Renaissance art

IN the Renaissance babies were ugly. If your baby looks like any of the children featured here, we can only assure you that they don’t. Your child is individual and full of character. Their children are unfortunate; recorded by artists looking to illustrate their anecdotes about the strange babies they saw:

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Royal 16.G.VII, f.219 (det)

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Two Witches

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