Title
Virgin and Child
After
Benson, Ambrosius (?, ca 1495 - Bruges, 1550)
Typology
PaintingsSchool
BrugesCentury
Second half of the XVIth c.Technique
OilSupport
Oak panelObservations
The composition is a continuation of the pictorial representation of the Virgin embracing the Child, a recurrent subject in 16th-century Bruges painting, as evidenced by the works of Isenbrant and Benson. This theme has its origins in the work of Rogier van der Weyden.