Madonna col Bambino

Attributed to Claus de Werve Netherlandish

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305

Questo capolavoro fu probabilmente commissionato da Giovanni senza Paura, duca di Borgogna (m. 1419), o dalla moglie, Margherita di Baviera (m. 1424), per il convento delle Povere Clarisse, da loro fondato a Poligny. Gesù, dalla folta capigliatura riccia, rivolge lo sguardo verso la madre che lo tiene in braccio insieme a un libro che le sta appoggiato in grembo. Questa tenera scena rappresenta anche un complesso argomento teologico, proclamato dalla scritta in latino che appare sulla panca tratta dal libro dell’Ecclesiastico, ricca di saggezza: PRIMA DEI SECOLI, FIN DAL PRINCIPIO, EGLI MI CREÒ. . . (24:14 ). Entro il XIII secolo, la chiesa cattolica era giunta a considerare questa affermazione come riferita a Maria.

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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