Virgin and Child, ca. 1479

Title

Virgin and Child

Painter

• Hugo van der Goes

Altar

Triptych with Virgin and Child

Part Number / Total

1 / 5

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Late Middle Ages

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oak wood

Material

• oak wood

Technique

• mixed technique

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet auf dem Wasserschlag des Marienbildes wie der äußeren Rahmung des Mittelteils: En esperance

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1830

Genre

• altarpiece
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• Christ Child
• Mary
• woman
• child
• depiction of the Virgin

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child

Primary

• 11F4122 Mary standing (or half-length), the Christ-child sitting on her arm (Christ-child to Mary's left)

Secondary

• 25G41(CARNATION)(+1) flowers: carnation (+ plants used symbolically)