Virgin and Child

Jan Provost

ca. 1495–1500 · Oil on wood · European Paintings

The Virgin in a Rose Garden—with the figure sometimes shown crowned—was one of the favorite courtly themes of late Gothic painting. The picture's style reflects Provost's training with the manuscript illuminator Simon Marmion in Valenciennes.

Artist

Jan Provost

Date

ca. 1495–1500

Medium

Oil on wood

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Bequest of Joan Whitney Payson, 1975