The Virgin and Child
Oil on panel (parquetted)
49 x 33.7 cm
Private collector
The present composition is based on a painting of the Virgin and Child by Gerard David, which is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In David's painting, the Virgin stands surrounded by angels in a niche that opens up onto a view of a city in the background. In comparison to the preceding work, Isenbrant has modernised the architecture, replacing Gothic forms with those of the Renaissance. More on this painting
The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and
Child is often the name of a work
of art which shows the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus. The word Madonna means
"My Lady" in Italian. Artworks of the Christ Child and his mother
Mary are part of the Roman Catholic tradition in many parts of the world
including Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, South America and the Philippines.
Paintings known as icons are also an important tradition of the Orthodox Church
and often show the Mary and the Christ Child. They are found particularly in
Eastern Europe, Russia, Egypt, the Middle East and India. More on The Madonna and Child
Adriaen Isenbrandt (or Adrien,
Isenbrant, Ysenbrant, Ysenbrandt or Hysebrant; between 1480 and 1490 – July
1551) was a
Flemish Northern Renaissance painter, who from documentary evidence was clearly
a significant artist of his period, but to whom no specific works can be
clearly documented. As hypothesised by art historians, he ran a large workshop
specializing in religious subjects and devotional paintings, painting
conservatively in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. He was
believed by Georges Hulin de Loo to be the same person as the anonymous Master
of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin or Pseudo-Mostaert. Other art historians
doubt that any works can be reliably attributed to him, and the number of
paintings attributed to him by major museums has been in decline for many
decades. More on Adriaen Isenbrandt
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