The Black Madonna of Częstochowa a powerful and iconic religious painting depicting the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus with distinctive dark skin tones and elaborate decorative crowns and robes. Venerated for over 600 years, this sacred image is deeply significant to Polish culture, symbolizing national identity, resilience, and spiritual protection, with legendary origins tracing back to a painting potentially created by St. Luke. The painting is famous for its unique scars, which according to tradition, were inflicted during a Hussite attack in 1430 and miraculously never fully repaired. This timeless artwork continues to inspire devotion, having been particularly cherished by notable figures like Pope John Paul II and Lech Wałęsa, and attracts thousands of visitors to its shrine in Częstochowa, Poland. Jacob took his own contemporary take on the Black Madonna with thick additions of simple, bold bright, repetition strokes to compliment her gold leaf halos glow.