Virgin and Child, Lodewijk van Bodeghem (circle of), c. 1500 - c. 1510

Identification

Title(s)

Virgin and Child

Object type

sculpture

Object number

BK-2009-270

Description

Staande Madonna met kind. Het Christuskind houdt in zijn rechterhand een mand met appels.

Creation

Artist

sculptor: Lodewijk van Bodeghem (circle of)

Place

Brabant

Dating

c. 1500 - c. 1510

Material and Technique

Physical features

alabaster with traces of polychromy and gilding

Material

alabaster (mineral)

Technique

polychromy / gild

Measurements

height 55.8 cm

Subject

What

Mary standing (or half-length), the Christ-child in front of her, close to her bosom; lying

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Frits en Phine Verhaaff Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

Acquisition

purchase Nov-2009

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Georges-Leon Beeckmans de West-Meerbeeck (1877-1955), acquired in the 1930s;{Written communication of the dealer Benoît Orban de Xivry, 3 November 2009.} his daughter Godelieve Beeckmans de West-Meerbeeck (1911-2007), Brussels, 1955; her nephews François-Xavier de Donnéa de Hamoir (born 1941), Jean-Marie de Donnéa de Hamoir (born 1945), Pierre de Donnéa de Hamoir (born 1951) and niece Marie de Patoul (born 1954); from whom acquired by the museum (through the mediation of the dealer Benoît Orban de Xivry (Artbox SCS), Brussels), with support of the Frits en Phine Verhaaff Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds, 2009

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

1100-1600, Reinier J. Baarsen, Frits Scholten, cat.nr. 39
1100 - 1600, Reinier J. Baarsen, Frits Scholten, cat.nr. 39
Acquisitions : medieval sculpture from the Goldschmidt-Pol Collection and from other donors, Frits Scholten, p. 428-429, cat.nr. 8

Persistent URL

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