The Virgin and Child

Title

The Virgin and Child

Painter

• Cretan Master 16th or 17th century

Period Produced

• 16th century
• 17th century

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

wood, tranferred to paper (parchment?)

Material

• wood

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1865

Genre

• devotional image
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• Mary
• Christ Child
• woman
• child

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child

Primary

• 11FF4122 Mary standing (or half-length), the Christ-child sitting on her arm (Christ-child to Mary's left) - FF - the Christ-child to Mary's right

Secondary

• 11F711 Christ-child making speaking or blessing gestures ~ Madonna-representations