Art Institute of Chicago
Virgin and Child
Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden (Netherlandish, c. 1399-1464)LinkedCulture matchlcp-28c11e8fa7f4
- Date
- c. 1460
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Culture
- Belgium
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 16303
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This tender painting is an image type known as a Madonna lactans , which depicts the Virgin Mary nursing the infant Jesus, highlighting her role as nurturer and intercessor between the human and divine realms. To convey the close connection between mother and son, Rogier van der Weyden exploited the qualities of oil paint, a highly manipulable medium that can be blended while wet. This characteristic allows for realistic modeling through seamless transitions of light and shadow, seen most poignantly here in the slight indentations of Mary’s fingers in the infant’s skin where she supports him.
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- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- Provenance
- Vincent Steyaert, Bruges, by 1867 [lent by him to Bruges 1867]. Dr. De Meyer, Bruges, by 1884 [according to Hymans 1884 and 1902]. J. Mathys, Brussels, by 1902 [lent by him to Bruges 1902]; sold, Galerie J. & A. Le Roy Frères, Brussels, Dec. 18, 1911, no. 11, to Steinmeyer & Fils, Paris; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (d. 1932), Chicago, June 23, 1913 [invoice; Art Institute Archives]; on loan to the Art Institute from 1915; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1933.
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- Object type
- AAT300033618
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