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Christ appearing to the Virgin with the Redeemed of the Old Testament

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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The Virgin Mary in her chamber is greeted by Christ, risen from the dead. He is accompanied by the multitude who followed him out of limbo. This painting belonged to Isabella of Castile, Queen of Spain, and was listed with 46 companion panels in an inventory in 1505. The panels – 27 survive in various collections – are all the same size, and most show scenes from the lives of Christ and the Virgin.

The episode shown here is not found in the Bible. The painter may have followed the account of this meeting between the Virgin and the risen Christ in the Vita Christi (‘Life of Christ’), a fifteenth-century Catalan devotional text written by an abbess, Sor Isabel de Villena. Sor Isabel was related to Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Christ appearing to the Virgin with the Redeemed of the Old Testament

Date

about 1499-1500

Medium

Oil on oak

Measurements

H 21.2 x W 15.4 cm

Accession number

NG1280

Acquisition method

Bought, 1889

Work type

Painting

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