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Virgin and Child in a Landscape

1531

Jan Gossaert

(Flemish, c. 1475/78–1532)

and an Anonymous Landscape Painter

(Flemish)
Culture
Flanders
Medium
oil on wood
Measurements
Framed: 68 x 56 x 4.5 cm (26 3/4 x 22 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 47.7 x 36.6 cm (18 3/4 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1972.47
Public Domain
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Location
118 Italian Renaissance
Print

Description

Among the first northern European artists to study in Rome, Gossaert returned north to serve in various German and Flemish courts, incorporating Italian Renaissance ideas. Gossaert also painted the frame, including the Latin inscription: "Mother, may your contemplation be our reconciliation." The patron is likely Mencía de Mendoza, a Spanish noblewoman, one of the most important art collectors and intellectuals of the early 1500s.
A vertically oriented oil painting depicts the Virgin Mary with the nude baby Christ in her lap, both with light skin tones. Mary, wearing a white head cloth and blue robe, rests her head on her hand and looks down. Christ holds small red berries. A winding river and distant mountains fill the background. The ornate frame features Latin text: "TVA MATER CONTEMPLATIO" and "NOSTRI SIT RECONCILIATIO".

Virgin and Child in a Landscape

1531

Jan Gossaert, Anonymous Landscape Painter

(Flemish, c. 1475/78–1532), (Flemish)
Flanders

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