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The panels in this triptych (painting in three parts) show a garden with fruit trees, cypresses and other, unidentifiable trees planted in careful rows. Daisies, buttercups, violets and lilies of the valley carpet the foreground. In the centre panel, we see an elaborate building filled with dazzling light suggestive of paradise. The Virgin Mary sits on a round table, reading, with the naked Christ Child on a cushion at her feet. He holds a small bird in one hand. They are accompanied by four female saints, including Saint Catherine with her wheel and sword, and possibly Saints Barbara and Dorothy. Saint John the Baptist appears on the left wing with his emblem of a lamb. In the background walk Saint Agnes, with her lamb, and Saint Agatha, carrying the pincers with which she was tortured for her Christian faith.
Title
The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels in a Garden
Date
about 1500
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 67.7 x W 45 cm
Accession number
NG1085
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Mrs Joseph H. Green, 1880
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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