A lush garland of flowers, including roses and jasmine, surrounds a grisaille bust of the Virgin Mary. The motif of the Virgin surrounded by a garland of flowers was very frequent in Baroque Flemish painting. It began with models by Jan Brueghel, “the Elder”, at the beginning of the century, and was perpetuated by other artists, such as Veerendael. The fact that the central motif is a sculpture ra