Virgin and Child
Hans Memling
Date unknown · Oil on wood · European Paintings
This picture was most likely the pendant to a portrait or the central element of a stationary triptych; the apple handed to the Child alludes to Christ as the future Redeemer of mankind. One of Hans Memling’s early sixteenth-century followers based his composition on a Memling painting or on a surviving workshop pattern.
- Artist
- Hans Memling
- Date
- Date unknown
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Department
- European Paintings
- Credit line
- The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
