Portrait of Margaret of Austria
Author: Jean Hey
Date: c. 1490
Medium: Oil on wood panel
Now Present: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Margaret of Austria, daughter of Emperor Maximilian I, is captured here at a rather peaceful moment of her life. She kneels in front of a window patiently fingering the pearl beads of her rosary.
Date: c. 1490
Medium: Oil on wood panel
Now Present: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Margaret of Austria, daughter of Emperor Maximilian I, is captured here at a rather peaceful moment of her life. She kneels in front of a window patiently fingering the pearl beads of her rosary.
Diptych of Marten Van Nieuwenhove
Author: Hans Memling
Date: 1487
Medium: Oil on wood panel
Now Present: Hans Memling Museum, Bruges
In this detail painting situated on the left panel, the virgin and child are depicted.
Date: 1487
Medium: Oil on wood panel
Now Present: Hans Memling Museum, Bruges
In this detail painting situated on the left panel, the virgin and child are depicted.
Mary at her Devotions
Author: Mary of Burgundy Painter
Date: Before 1482
Medium: Colors and ink on parchment
Now Present: Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna
Here Mary of Burgundy is depicted both in the foreground, reading from her book of Hours, and in the background within a representation of a personal vision.
Date: Before 1482
Medium: Colors and ink on parchment
Now Present: Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna
Here Mary of Burgundy is depicted both in the foreground, reading from her book of Hours, and in the background within a representation of a personal vision.
St. Luke Drawing The Virgin and Child
Author: Rogier van der Weyden
Date: c. 1435 - 1440
Medium: Oil and tempora on wood panel
Now Present: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
In this carefully defined interior space the Evangelist St. Luke is depicted executing a preparatory drawing in silverpoint for a painting of the Virgin and Child.
Date: c. 1435 - 1440
Medium: Oil and tempora on wood panel
Now Present: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
In this carefully defined interior space the Evangelist St. Luke is depicted executing a preparatory drawing in silverpoint for a painting of the Virgin and Child.
Virgin and Child
Author: Jean Fouquet
Date: c, 1452 - 1455
Medium: Oil on oak panel
Now Present: Antwerp, Belgium
In this right panel detail painting, the virgin and child are depicted in a supernatural vision where she appears to be enthroned in heaven surrounded by red and blue seraphim and cherubim.
Date: c, 1452 - 1455
Medium: Oil on oak panel
Now Present: Antwerp, Belgium
In this right panel detail painting, the virgin and child are depicted in a supernatural vision where she appears to be enthroned in heaven surrounded by red and blue seraphim and cherubim.
Photo: House of Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France