On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P02696
- Author
- Provost, Jan (Flemish)
- Title
- Virgin and Child
- Chronology
- Early Sixteenth Century
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 18 cm x 15 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- No
- Entrance
- LEGADO
- Procedence
- Legacy of Pablo Bosch y Barrau, 1916
Mary stands in the middle of an
archway nursing her son. She is in
front of a brocade tapestry, at the
axis of the composition. A
landscape is visible on both sides
of the tapestry, with a city in the
background to the right. They can
be seen over a low wall that
encloses the garden —hortus
conclusus— where the Virgin
stands.
Traditionally considered the work
of a disciple of Jan van Eyck, this
work is now attributed to Provost
who, like other painters from
Bruges, was inspired by earlier
models, including Robert Campin's
Virgin of the Apse and Jan van
Eyck's Virgin of the Fountain at
the Antwerp Museum.
