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The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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The Virgin, Christ Child and Saint Anne, the Virgin’s mother, sit in a small ‘paradise’ garden. Saint Anne holds a fruit, probably a pear, in one hand and reaches out to Christ with the other. A book lies open on her knees. The garden is edged by a turf bench supported by bricks, on which Anne is seated. A slightly ramshackle but peaceful farmyard lies behind, with ducks in a pond and a towered farm house. A man sits on a bench reading a book while another leans on the side of the porch, apparently chatting to a man who tends a donkey. A fourth man comes in through a gate in the wall. The scene is derived from a painting possibly by Jan Provoost, of which several versions survive, but this picture seems closer in style to Albert Cornelis.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Date

about 1525

Medium

Oil on oak

Measurements

H 40 x W 30.5 cm

Accession number

NG1089

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by Mrs Joseph H. Green, 1880

Work type

Painting

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