Virgin and Child (Madonna Lactans), anonymous, c. 1500

Title(s)

Virgin and Child (Madonna Lactans)

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-2552

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription, Along the edge of the Virgin’s hood to the left of her face: ‘AVE REGINA CELORUM AVE’ (Hail, queen of the heavens // Hail; from the Marian antiphon “Ave regina caelorum”)
• inscription, Around the cuffs of the Virgin’s sleeves, outer left cuff: ‘>[D?]EI MEMENTO MEI AVE REGIN[A] // AV’ (God, remember me Hail, queen. Hail; from a medieval version of the Hail Mary)
• inscription, Around the cuffs of the Virgin’s sleeves, outer right cuff: ‘O MATER DEI MEM[ENTO] // [S?]TOA DVLCERE AVE MATER DOMINI’ (O mother of God remember Hail mother of [our] Lord [Jesus Christ]; from a medieval version of the Hail Mary, then two words which cannot be placed, followed by a general Marian salutation)

Description

Maria met het kind aan de borst, ten halven lijve voor een draperie van goudbrokaat.

Artist

• painter: anonymous

Place

Southern Netherlands

Dating

c. 1500

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

support: height 36.8 cm × width 28.5 cm
depth 6.5 cm

What

• Madonna: Mary standing (or half-length), Christ-child close to her bosom
• 'ablactatio'; Christ not drinking, Mary's breast bare ~ Madonna-representations

Credit line

• Gift of the heirs of C. Hoogendijk, The Hague

Acquisition

gift May-1912

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Cézanne en Van Gogh in het Rijksmseum voor moderne Kunst in Amsterdam: de collectie van Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866-1911)