Title
Virgin and Child
Author
Master of the Madonna RF 46
Active in Antwerp in the first half of the XVIth c.
Other attribution
Master of the Thyssen Madonna (Active during the first half of the XVIth c.)
Typology
PaintingsSchool
AntwerpCentury
First quarter of the XVIth c.Dimensions
39,7 x 29,7 cmTechnique
Watercolour and goldSupport
Canvas on panelInscriptions
On the border of the fictitious frame, in blue Gothic letters: Ave domina angelorum Ave regina celorum.
On the slope of the frame, in Gothic letters: Beata es Maria que omniu[m] portasti / creatorem seculoru[m] genuisti eu[m]qui te / fecit et in eternu[m] permanes Virgo.
Related links
Museo ThyssenBibliography
- C. Périer-D'Ieteren, S. Zdanov (2018): "Une Vierge allaitant inédite s'inscrivant dans la série des peintures de l'entourage du Maître de la Madone du Louvre", Annales d'Histoire de l'Art et d'Archéologie, vol. 40, p. 105, il. 2b.
- D. Martens (2003): "Un Tüchlein flamand de la Renaissance au château de Peralada et le Maître de la Madone (RF 46 du Louvre)", Locus Amoenus, vol. 6, p. 120, il. 3.
- D. Wolfthal (1989): The Beginnings of Netherlandish Canvas Painting: 1400-1530, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (Mass.), p. 81, il. 139.
- C.T. Eisler (1989): The Thyssen-Bornemisza collection: Early Netherlandish painting, Sotheby's, London, il. 36.
- D. Martens (1986): "À propos d'un "Tüchlein" flamand du XVIe siècle conservé au Louvre", La revue du Louvre et des Musées de France, vol. 6, p. 399, il. 3.
- (1908): Katalog der Gemälde des Bayerischen National-Museums, Verlag des Bayerischen National-museums, München, p. 252 (913).
Locations
- Kloster Altomünster, Altomünster (Germany)
- Collection Sigharts (Germany)
- 1869: Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich (Germany) (Inventory number: 913)
- 1930 - 1992: Collection Heinrich baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, Rechnitz (Austria)
- 1992: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (Spain) (Inventory number: 13 (1928.9))