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The central panel shows the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, and its quality suggests that it is by a follower of van der Goes rather than the master himself. This artist was not as good a draughtsman as van der Goes but seems to have been aware of his own deficiencies. Technical analysis shows that he made various changes during the course of painting and seems to have struggled to get the Virgin’s face right: he moved her left eye down, and it is now slightly too low.
Technical aspects of the inner frame suggest the panel was made in Brussels; perhaps the artist was an assistant of van der Goes who moved to Brussels after his master’s death in 1482.
Title
Virgin and Child
Date
about 1485
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 32.3 x W 21.4 cm
Accession number
NG3066
Acquisition method
Layard Bequest, 1916
Work type
Painting