Vierge à l'Enfant

Attributed to Claus de Werve Netherlandish

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305

C’est probablement Jean sans Peur, duc de Bourgogne (mort en 1419), ou Marguerite de Bavière, sa femme (morte en 1424), qui fit exécuter ce chef-d’œuvre pour le couvent de l’ordre des Pauvres Dames, qu’ils avaient fondé à Poligny. L’Enfant-Jésus aux cheveux bouclés regarde sa mère, qui tient aussi un livre. Cette scène d’une grande tendresse illustre en outre un thème théologique complexe, que rappelle l’inscription latine peinte sur le banc et tirée du livre de l’Ecclésiastique, qui exalte la sagesse : « Avant les siècles, dès le commencement, il m’a créée, éternellement je subsisterai. » (24,14 ). Au XIIIe siècle, l’Église catholique a vu dans ce verset une référence à Marie.

Virgin and Child, Attributed to Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, active in France, ca. 1380–1439, active Burgundy, 1396–ca. 1439), Limestone with paint and gilding, French

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Virgin and Child, Attributed to Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, active in France, ca. 1380–1439, active Burgundy, 1396–ca. 1439), Limestone with paint and gilding, French
Virgin and Child, Attributed to Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, active in France, ca. 1380–1439, active Burgundy, 1396–ca. 1439), Limestone with paint and gilding, French
Virgin and Child, Attributed to Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, active in France, ca. 1380–1439, active Burgundy, 1396–ca. 1439), Limestone with paint and gilding, French
Virgin and Child, Attributed to Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, active in France, ca. 1380–1439, active Burgundy, 1396–ca. 1439), Limestone with paint and gilding, French
Virgin and Child, Attributed to Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, active in France, ca. 1380–1439, active Burgundy, 1396–ca. 1439), Limestone with paint and gilding, French
Virgin and Child, Attributed to Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, active in France, ca. 1380–1439, active Burgundy, 1396–ca. 1439), Limestone with paint and gilding, French
Virgin and Child, Attributed to Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, active in France, ca. 1380–1439, active Burgundy, 1396–ca. 1439), Limestone with paint and gilding, French

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