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Virgin and Child

Workshop of Dieric Bouts Netherlandish
1475–99
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 537
This is the finest surviving example by a workshop assistant of Dieric Bouts, based on a lost composition by the master himself. Among fifteen other versions of the subject, it is set apart from these by the panoramic landscape background that was probably not part of the prototype. The pink in the Child’s hand invests the painting with a double meaning, alluding to Mary’s sorrow over the Child’s earthly fate and the heavenly reunion of the two, thereby encapsulating his messianic role in the salvation of humankind and the Virgin’s sorrows and joys as the mother of Christ.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Virgin and Child
  • Artist: Workshop of Dieric Bouts (Netherlandish, Haarlem, active by 1457–died 1475)
  • Date: 1475–99
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: Overall 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (29.2 x 21 cm); painted surface 11 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (28.6 x 19.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.60.16
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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