Title

Virgin and Child

Author

Monogrammist GB [attributed to]

Active in Bruges during the first half of the XVI^th c.

After

Van der Weyden, Rogier (Tournai, ca 1399/1400 - Brussels, 1464)

Other attribution

Isenbrant, Adriaen (?, ca 1485 - Bruges, 1551)

Typology

School

Century

Dimensions

Technique

Support

Observations

Traditionally it has been thought that the panel was brought from Flanders by Martín de Gurrea y Aragón, Duke of Villahermosa, at the express wish of his wife Luisa de Borja. The panel would later have been donated to the Monastery of Veruela.

Related links

Bibliography

• A. Diéguez-Rodríguez (2019): "The artistic relations between Flanders and Spain in the 16th Century: an approach to the Flemish painting trade", Journal for Art Market Studies, vol. 2, p. 6, il. 1.
• M.J. Friedländer (1974): Early Netherlandish Painting, XI. The Antwerp Mannerists, Adriaen Ysenbrant, Praeger, New York, il. 109a.
• H. Pauwels et al. (1958): "Attribué à Guillaume Benson. Madone avec enfant", en L'art flamand dans les collections espagnoles, Ville de Bruges, Bruges, p. 92, il. 68.
• G. Marlier (1957): Ambrosius Benson et la peinture à Bruges au temps de Charles-Quint, Musée Van Maerlant, Damme, pp. 272, 328, il. 79.
• M. Allue Salvador (1916): Guía para visitar el Museo Provincial de Zaragoza, Imprenta del Hospicio provincial, Zaragoza, p. 13.
• M. De Pano y Ruata (1905): "Los cuadros de Villahermosa en el Museo Provincial", en Duquesa De Villahermosa, Album cervantino aragones de los trabajos literarios y artisticos con que se ha celebrado en Zaragoza y Pedrola el III Centenario de la edición principe del Quijote, Vda. é hijos de M. Tello, Madrid, p. 167, il. 22.

Locations

• Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza (Spain) (Inventory number: inv. 10322)