De heilige maagschap
ca. 1520 - ca. 1530
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
40.8; 42
About this artwork
De heilige maagschap. Maria met kind en Anna, in het midden een schaal met fruit. Anna heeft een opengeslagen boek op schoot. Kopie naar het middenpaneel in de Stiftsgalerie te Kremsmünster toegeschreven aan Dirck Vellert.
Art Historical Context
**De heilige maagschapThe Holy Kinship)***Master of the Lille Adoration, ca 1520–1530, oil on panel, 40.8 × 42 cm* intimate oil-on-panel painting captures a tender moment from Christian devotion: the Virgin Mary cradling the Christ Child, flanked by her mother, Saint Anne, in a depiction of the Holy Kinship extended family of Jesus. the center sits a bountiful bowl of fruit,izing abundance and the sweetness of divine grace, while Anne holds an open book on her lap, evoking her role as a wise teacher of scripture. Painted during the Northern Renaissance, the work exemplifies the era's metic...