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Virgin and Child with
Four Angels, ca. 1510–15 This poetic and refined picture recasts the Virgin and Child from a well-known composition by Jan van Eyck in the contemporary setting of Bruges, including the churches of Sint-Jakobs and Onze-Lieve-Vrouw, as well as an enclosed garden where a Carthusian monk strolls (perhaps a reference to the Carthusian monastery of Genadedal). The panel treats the Redemption of humankind and the Virgin’s role as co-redemptrix with Christ, the latter a concept supported by Carthusian theologians. The Christ Child turns to directly address the viewer, thus bridging the gap between pictorial and actual space.
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